This paper aimed to recover, through a theoretical-reflexive, a brief history of graduate nursing in Brazil, and its relationship with ecosystem thoughts. In the discussion one tried to reflect on the history of Brazilian nursing perspective grounded in the Thought Ecosystem. The reflection allowed to cover the meant that the higher education systemic element provides with the space in which it operates and how it processes its construction and modifications through the principles of ecosystem integration, cooperation, interrelation, interdependence and influence among both.
Education Nursing; Diploma Programs; History; Ecosystem