title: How Swiss nurses work at the local level.
abstract: In such decentralized federal systems as Switzerland, where regional entities have their own laws and are vested with many responsibilities, nurses' associations generally operate in the same manner. Below, how the Swiss Nurses' Association works with its branches and prepares its nurses to work at the local level.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Nurses Association, Bern.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland