The Canadian nurse . ay lines and cul-tivated lands are concentrated. An un-usual mixture of races and nationali-ties has been absorbed. Early Portu-guese settlers mingled with the nativeIndians, as did later French, Italian,British, German, Spanish and Dutchimmigrants and Negroes who had beenbrought in as slaves. Gradually thesevaried nationalities lost their Europeanidentity and emerged as the present-day Brazilians. The early Portugueseinfluence has dominated in manyphases of Brazilian life. Brazil is theonly Portuguese-speaking country inSouth America. Modern professional nursing is rela-t
The Canadian nurse . ay lines and cul-tivated lands are concentrated. An un-usual mixture of races and nationali-ties has been absorbed. Early Portu-guese settlers mingled with the nativeIndians, as did later French, Italian,British, German, Spanish and Dutchimmigrants and Negroes who had beenbrought in as slaves. Gradually thesevaried nationalities lost their Europeanidentity and emerged as the present-day Brazilians. The early Portugueseinfluence has dominated in manyphases of Brazilian life. Brazil is theonly Portuguese-speaking country inSouth America. Modern professional nursing is rela-tively new in Brazil. The first schoolof nursing to be established is nowonly 36 years old. In 1922 the Rocke-feller Foundation established a prece-dent with the development of the Ana•Neri School of Nursing. Well qualifiedfaculty members were brought in toserve as director, supervisors and in-structors. This same pattern has beenfollowed as new schools have beenorganized. A grand total of 3,284 m THE CANADIAN NURSE. Modern Sao Paulo nurses have graduated from the 26schools that are currently being ope-rated. As in Canada, marriage respon-sibilities claim a large number of newgraduates so that an urgent need forregistered nurses persists in all partsof the country. Post-graduate publichealth courses at university level arecurrently being reorganized in SaoPaulo. Sponsoring the Congress this pastsummer has been a gigantic task forthe members of the Brazilian NursesAssociation. With just over onethousand members to do all the localplanning, make all the arrangementsand shoulder a considerable financialresponsibility, skillful leadership, sin-cere professional devotion ana hardwork were demanded. The hundreds ofnurses from all corners of the worldwho attended the Congress will bearwitness to the success of their were filled with admiration forhard-working president Glete de Al-cantara and her valiant colleagues. Sao PauloPreceding the opening of the Con- gress, the me
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