ABEn 90 years and the Brazilian Journal of Nursing - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

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ABEn 90 years and the Brazilian Journal of Nursing

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 01-01-2016;69(6):1011-1012

DOI: 10.1590/2016690601

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In this special edition, we celebrate 90 years of the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEn), at the same time in which we celebrate the creation and maintenance of the first scientific nursing journal in Brazil. Emerging in 1932, it has shone a light on the production of knowledge and the constitution of nursing in Brazil today.

As the head organization for Brazilian nursing, ABEn has led important fights in favor of quality health care for the population, in addition to driving the establishment of nursing in the country. Throughout its existence it has coordinated with other Brazilian nursing organizations to promote the political, social and scientific development of its professionals. The entity maintains volunteer work as a principle and democracy as its vital tenet. Politically, it lies on the pillars of nursing education, scientific research and nursing practice as a form of social work, essential to social services and health, and to the organization and the functioning of health services.

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