OBJECTIVES: To identify and describe the characteristics of the alumni of University of São Paulo School of Nursing from 1980 to 1981 and to contribute to the retrieval of the memory and insertion of this institution in the group of pioneer Brazilian schools of nursing. METHODS: A sociodemographic questionnaire was used to collect data among 163 alumni. RESULTS: Approximately one fourth of the alumni (23.9%) graduated in 1980 and 76.1% graduated in 1981. The alumni consisted of white females from São Paulo. CONCLUSIONS: The study contributed to the continuity of pioneer work initiated in the decade of 1970 at the University of São Paulo School of Nursing, in which researchers identified and characterized alumni who graduated from 1946 to 1979. The study's findings contribute to the retrieval of history of memory of nursing.
Schools of Nursing; Nursing Alumni; Nursing Education
