Introduction. The basic legal acts specifying provisions of the Act on healthcare services financed from public funds are regulations on work and duties of the nurse in the teaching and education environment (a school hygienist): Regulation of the Minister of Health of 28 August 2009 on the organization of preventive health care for children and adolescence and the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 24 September 2013 on the guaranteed services in the field of primary care. Aim. The aim of this study was to present the specificity of teaching and education environment nurse’s work in the opinion of nursing students. Material and Methods. The study was conducted in the winter semester of the academic year 2016/2017 among third-year students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical University of Lodz. Among the respondents there were 86 women and 6 men. The study used the method of the author’s own diagnostic survey. The questionnaire consisted of 12 questions (open and closed), concerning, among others, perception and evaluation of nurses’ work in the educational environment interest in professional work in the medical school and evaluation of knowledge and skills, gained in the course of classes in medical school. Results. Striking is the fact that the vast majority of respondents – 78.3% – did not express interest in working as a school nurse. Conclusions. The organization of preventive childcare and care of the youth within the primary health care system needs to be modified.

Key words: pielęgniarka, środowisko nauczania i wychowania, uczeń.