Introduction:

Created in 1994, the School of Nursing of the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, became the first experience of nursing education in the city. It started in the framework of the situation created by the 1991 Constitution, Law 100 of 1993, Law 266 of 1996, in which the profession of nursing in Colombia is regulated. From the local perspective, the training process involved the recognition and positioning of nursing in the city.

Objective:

Analyze the historical development of the learning process of nursing in Santa Marta - Colombia.

Methods:

Historical study, combines oral history documentary review. Oral history was conducted through semi-structured interviews conducted with alumni, faculty and staff who has worked in the program. For the analysis of information he was organized and processed classified information and codified and interpreted according to an analysis matrix.

Results:

In its 22 years of existence, the nursing training process in the city of Santa Marta has employed a variety of strategies aimed at positioning the profession in the city, building a speech, identity and performance nurse.

Conclusions:

The social history of nursing education allows positioning visualize processes and recognition of the profession as well as a number of initiatives that remain hidden in traditional versions of history.

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