title: The daily life of students at Alfredo Pinto Nursing School (1949 - 1956).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze students' strategies to adapt to the system established by the dean of Alfredo Pinto Nursing School (1949-1956).
  
  
  METHODS
  This historical-social study uses the thematic oral history to guide data collection.
  
  
  METHODS
  students' oral statements related to the period from 1949 to 1956 and written documents from the file of the nurse Maria de Castro Pamphiro at UNIRIO.
  
  
  RESULTS
  students immediately faced the challenge of adapting to the school's rules regarding eating, clothing, and all changes presented in their daily life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  They created, along the course, strategies to cheat on rules, adapt to new customs and make life more enjoyable.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. marciameirelles@oi.com.br
authors.forename: Marcia da Rocha
authors.initials: Mda R
authors.lastname: Meirelles
authors.forename: Wellington Mendonça de
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Amorim
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013338:Students, Nursing