This is a historical- social research project. The main objective is to present the participation of the Anna Nery Nursing School in the medical assistance positions in the state of São Paulo during the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. The objective of the present investigation is to describe how the teachers and students of the Anna Nery Nursing School participated in the different operation fronts during this war and to analyse the implications of the performance of nurses and students of this School. Our main documental resource were written and photographical documents that belong to the Centre of Documentation of the EEA/UFRJ. The secondary source were articles and books that about the history of Brazil and Brazilian nursing. This investigation evidenced the importance of the nurse's work. during times of crisis and it also made possible for the EEAN to earn symbolic profits
nursing history; nursing care; War
