It is known that "school is a field that, more than any other, is oriented towards its own reproduction, due to the fact that, among other reasons, the agents master their own reproduction"(18). In this respect, an alert is due on the consequences changes can provoke in the relations between the social and school sphere. Now, if nurses social image as managers can be assumed and recognized in different ways, considered real and possible, this implies saying that the academic apparatus does not only need to show itself, but also get close, interacting in and with the world where practice happens. Thus, like organizations, academic institutions need to prepare themselves for professionals integrated insertion in the job market.