Introduction:

nursing arises with the origin of humanity and it has developed to be considered as the Science of care. Because of the social and human importance of the training of professionals in this sector, the society is provided with a graduate who responds to its demands.

Objective:

to analyze the historical evolution of the training of the Graduates in Nursing Care in Pinar del Río province from 1982 to 2017.

Methods:

a descriptive research was carried out. The target group consisted of 797 subjects, distributed in 434 professors and 363 graduates. A probability sample of 180 people was established, made up of 100 professors and 80 graduates. Non-standardized interviews and questionnaires elaborated by the authors were applied. The variables addressed were: training models, total of graduates, school attributes, curricula, schools and professors. The descriptive statistical method was applied.

Development:

during the period analyzed, three training models with different characteristics were implemented in the curricula that allowed the dizzying development of the profession, graduating from the Regular Day Course 2537, from the Course for workers 1650 graduates and the New Pedagogical Model reached 1814 graduates.

Conclusions:

there have been intense transformations in the historical evolution of the training of Bachelors in Nursing Care in Pinar del Río, reaching 6 001 graduates, with a broad profile, committed to preserving, improving and restoring the health of the human being, the family and the community as well.

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