Social historical study has for objective to analyze the news article content on education in the Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto (1946). The theoretical referencial has for base the language of the word and the image. Methodology - the organization of the data of the news article was analyzed on the basis of 13 subs-heading and 14 photographic images, of which we cut four with methodology criterion. Results: the study it pointed stops: 1) the fulfilment of the basic requirements, praised for the Ministry of the Education and Health for the education of nursing e; 2) the contribution of the EEAP for the education of the nursing, that beyond the professional formation, remunerated its pupils and the guarantee of inclusion in the work market.
history of the nursing; education and news article