This historical-critical study discusses the interrelations between the Brazilian Nursing Association and the baccalaureate nursing courses in the Brazilian society. The insertion of nursing in Brazilian university began in the late 1930's. Such a movement was favored by the federal policy of higher education in the mid-twentieth century and it was accomplished by the University Reform of 1968. The achievement of a higher degree in scientification of nursing, as a mastery of knowledge field, had become the biggest challenge the field of nursing had to face in order to consolidate its reputation in the international and national scientific community.
Nursing; History of nursing; Schools, nursing