The introductory part describes and analyzes nursing through various historical philosophical and ideological perspectives with an emphasis on the foundations of the modern sisterhood set by Florence Nightingale. It shows the historical development of nursing education in Croatia from 1921 to 2010 and highlights the role of the International Nurses' Advice on the development of the profession, knowledge and skills. The core part of the paper deals with the issue of reforming nursing programs in education and surveys of pupils' satisfaction with the nursing school and on the current system of nursing / nursing education. At the end of the work, a comprehensive conclusion is made. The research for this work was carried out on a sample of 150 students of the third and fifth grade of the Vrapče Nurses School. Research has shown that the vast majority of students are satisfied with the amount of acquired theoretical knowledge and skills but not with practical knowledge during secondary school for nurses / technicians. It is also proven that third-grade and five-grade pupils are equally satisfied with changes in nursing / nursing education. In conclusion, we can say that there is room for improving the education of nurses / technicians, stemming from the fact that third and fifth grade students believe that it is good that nursing / nursing education was introduced at the level of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies but a greater number of fifth grade considers that five year high school education has more disadvantages than advantages over education that lasted for four years.