title: Professional nursing in Brazil.
abstract: Modern nursing in Brazil started in 1923 with the creation of a School of Nursing, whose first graduates became the country's nursing's pioneers. They founded the Brazilian Nursing Association three years after graduation, and since then practically every achievement by the nursing profession is a result or a consequence of their active work.
authors.affiliation: International Council of Nurses (ICN), Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oguisso
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration