title: [Nursing teaching in Ceará from 1942 to 1956: a memory that projects the future].
abstract: This study reflects on and proposes to rescue the history of nursing school in Ceará, covering the period between 1942 (implementation of the first emergency-room nursing course in the state) and 1956. Data were collected from written documents, school records covering four classes and interviews with former students. The study is intended to make nursing professionals aware of the importance of a strong commitment to the history, memory and further development of the profession.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE.
authors.forename: Silvia Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nóbrega-Therrien
authors.forename: Maria Irismar
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Marcelo Gurgel Carlos
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century