Introduction:

In Colombia, since 2007 there has been a continuous work on the Friendly Health Services for Adolescents and Young Adults model, as a result of the international recommendations given to the Ministry of health to rethink the programming of activities for including adolescents and young adults as subjects of the system of health care services, and to guarantee their sexual and reproductive rights.

Objectives:

To describe the knowledge that nursing students from the Universidad de los Llanos have about the strategy called Friendly Health Services for Adolescents and Young Adults, in the year 2016.

Method:

Qualitative study, exploratory and descriptive, with a sample of twenty-four nursing students in seventh and eighth semester, determined by intentional sampling based on opinions. A semi-structured interview was implemented, recording, transcribing and validating it. Conclusions were driven from the analysis of the content.

Results:

Data was grouped into three subcategories: concepts relating to adolescence and youth, the role of professional nursing, and the component of Friendly Health Services for Adolescents and Young Adults.

Conclusions:

Nursing students recognize the concept of adolescence and youth from the perspective of various disciplines, but are unaware of the Friendly Health Services Strategy for Adolescents and Young adults. They showed difficulty to apply the promotion of health and prevention of disease from the perspective of the model.