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Focuses on the implications of the establishment of the European Economic Community (EEC) by the Treaty of Rome for the nursing profession. Complexity of the problem of freedom of movement in the health professions; Application of directives to the profession; Formation of the National Nurses' Associations of the EEC member countries. INSET: Preamble of the Treaty of Rome.

Focuses on the role of the nurses in various medical institutions in Canada. Improvement on the quality of nursing; Increase on the number of medical missions in the area; Assessment on the leadership ability of the nurses.

Discusses the role of nursing on the changing society. Assessment of the health care system; Functions of nurses; Preparation of nurses for the future society.

Focuses on the international migration of health personnel to Great Britain. Importance of the number and quality of trained personnel to the evolution of health services; Contribution of overseas to the staffing of the nursing service in Great Britain; Difference between the nurses and doctors from overseas.

Discusses Space Age nursing. Need for the nursing profession to develop a vision and pursue it; Goal of space age nursing to prepare, educate and stimulate the nurse to look ahead with awareness, imagination and resourcefulness.

Provides information on the nursing practice. Problem that confronts the nursing profession; Common goal of nurses; Objectives which seem basic to the development of a unified concept of nursing practice.

Disease can be the result of a faulty environment. Nursing has always known this, but only recently has the profession begun to become actively involved in attempts to reverse health-related problems in slum housing maintenance. Many social forces have brought the present situation, where articulate, professionally prepared nurses are being welcomed for their expertise in settings that are not only outside hospital walls, but also a radical departure from the traditional areas of practice usually associated with nursing.

Anyone who has visited several European countries, met African male nurses and been to the U.S. and Canada cannot fail to be astonished at the differences between nursing functions in the respective countries. For example in one country nurses perform subordinate tasks with only one or two levels of responsibility, whereas in a neighbouring country, they have ten different types of responsibility, at all the levels at the country's health services. These differences are the result of various cultural, economic and political factors, but cultural factor itself is linked to the general cultural structure of society.

Focuses on issues related to the responsibilities of nurses for social welfare in an international setting. Emphasis on the special responsibility of nurses out of their work as a servant of society and humanity; Significance of each member to realize his or her role as a medical staff, as a worker and as a citizen of their respective country; Impact of the varying attitudes of different countries as to the participation of women in public life on the professional practice of nurses in medical care.