title: Getting organized: the first seven.
abstract: What drove nurses to unite: it was lack of nursing education standards, deplorable work conditions, exploitation of nursing students as cheap sources of labour and the need for statutory registration. They believed that strength came with unity ... and they were right.
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007392:International Council of Nurses / Q000266:history; D009656:North America; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration