Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

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

  • Kyvia Rayssa Bezerra Teixeira,
  • Paulo Joaquim Pina Queirós,
  • Maria da Graça Moreira Moscoso Marques,
  • Marcleyde Silva de Azevedo Abreu,
  • Pacita Geovana Gama de Sousa Aperibense,
  • Antonio José de Almeida Filho,
  • Tânia Cristina Franco Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0701

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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.

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