title: [REBEn: space of diffusion of hospital nursing knowledge --from 1951 to 2001].
abstract: Research on the scientific production on Hospital Nursing published by REBEn.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Classify the articles published from 1951 to 2001 and analyze this Review as a space for the diffusion of knowledge in that area.
  Concept of cultural diffusion and its constituent historical processes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Form applied in 254 articles. Data were submitted to descriptive statistics and led to the following categories: "production of articles in the concerning areas", "articles' scope", "types of articles", and "articles' origin". Our findings showed significant scientific production in those areas within the focused scopes and types of articles. Our conclusions indicate REBEn as a representative space of national diffusion of knowledge on hospital nursing and professional culture, contributing to the development of Nursing as a science.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery-UFRJ. isauraporto@superig.com.br
authors.forename: Isaura Setenta
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: Paula Regina Virgínio Moraes
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: de Catrib
authors.forename: Lilian Felippe Duarte
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Nébia Maria Almeida
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D009729:Nursing; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing