Because of a lack of serious fundamental historical research on the standardization of its own discipline, the nursing profession continues to be fed by clichés and common sense, and relies on symbols and faiths stemming from the past, as well as on what characterizes in a general way the female careers in our society. The lack of recognition experienced by the nursing profession is therefore unsurprising. At a time of globalization of knowledge, which remains to this day the only source of sustainable competitive advantage, the historian of the nursing discipline should ask questions about the international status of their discipline within the scholarly world