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Brazilian Nursing Association: fight for space in the new federal capital

Asociación Brasileña de Enfermería: lucha por un espacio en la nueva capital federal

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to analyze the transfer process of the Brazilian Nursing Association to its new headquarters in Brasília/Federal District.

Methods:

qualitative, socio-historical, and documental study. The analysis generated the following characteristics: Associate reorganization: the transfer from the Central ABEn headquarters; and the Strategies used in the struggle for the appropriation of space.

Results:

the Brazilian Nursing Association was engaged in a struggle, which lasted nine years, for the acquisition of land in the new Federal Capital, Brasília, to ensure a prestigious place for the Association, and for nursing as well.

Final Considerations:

together with their sections, undertook efforts and implemented strategies to find a space in the new Federal Capital, allowing visibility and recognition to the nursing profession.

Descriptors:
History of Nursing; Societies; Organizations; Brazil; Nursing

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