[The Brazilian Nursing Congress: sixty years of history].
This study objective is to describe the issues associated to the origin of the Brazilian Nursing Congress and its course between 1947 and 2007; and to discuss the implementation of this strategy by the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEn). It is a historical survey with documentary research. The documentary analysis allowed reaching the following categories: the origin of the Brazilian Nursing Congress and the congresses as the political nursing arena. We have concluded that the Brazilian Nursing Congresses have reflected the construction of the Brazilian Nursing history, aiming at stimulating the critical consideration on the professional problems and investing in the production of knowledge, addressing the growing complexity and quality of the professional practice.
Mancia
Joel Rolim
JR
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Enfermagem Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Grupo de Estudos da História do Conhecimento na Enfermagem, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Padilha
Maria Itayra Coelho de Souza
MI
Ramos
Flávia Regina Souza
FR
Cordova
Fernanda Peixoto
FP
Amaral
Nilton Vieira do
NV
D001938:Brazil; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history*; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century