The research emerged from the necessity of learning the manager transition from doctors to nurses at nursing educational institutions. The purpose was to differentiate between the mechanisms of afrontation and modes of adaptation in the academic sphere managing process. The qualitative research in socio-historical context is oriented by the Theory of Adaptation by Roy. The participants were the first female professors who held leading posts in universities; the interview was a data collection instrument. The results revealed the fact that the incursion of nurses made it possible to treat the health - illness process in a way different from medical activity, which meant the generation of mechanisms of confrontation in order to work on the construction of paradigms that will conform a professional thinking and a proper disciplinary vision based on a solid plan of study, The conclusions was the creation and renovation of working methods to achieve new academic levels, specializations and they become the heath of the class with a based on sacrifice and dedication, starting the professional autonomy.
Nursing; Education; History; Adaptation; Managing