Introduction:

Florence Nightingale contributed to the improvement and development of health services. Today, she still represents a source of inspiration, and is a common research topic for academics.

Objective:

To analyze the Florence Nightingale´s method used in the apprenticeship preparation of nurses.

Results:

Related topics were the most reviewed; referring, for instance, to Florence Nightingale´s teaching model and its characteristics. Her teaching system was the foundation of most of the early nursing schools, and she also defended the idea of separating school from hospitals, so that students would not be considered as workers in hospitals during their training.

Conclusions:

Florence Nightingale saw in teaching an essential tool to improve and make progress, creating school standards in which she trained people under strict established model.

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