Um tributo à Haydée Guanais Dourado

Abstract

She was associated to ABEn (Brazilian Nursing Association) since 1944, participating with distinction in congesses organization, in sessions expantion, in the fight for legislation in nursing category, in the ivestigation of nursing needs across the country, and also in countless other activities.As a nurse and later as a journalist, she was Head and Editor-in-chief of the Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (REBEn) during more then four decades, having contributed for its development as a dissemination organ of the Brazilian Nursing.By the 70 th aniversary of REBEn, it was published in Volume 55, Number 3, a paper entitled "Haydée Guanais Dourado: charism and personality in service for an ideal", whose autors was Ieda Alencar Barreira and Suely Baptista. This paper more than a description is a deep analysis of this outstanding nurse, who deserves to be pointed out at this moment, in order to keep alive in memory her courage and determination in the fight for an ideal in which she believed. As REBEn's editor for the period 2004-2007, I fell proud in continuing the magnificent work started by Haydée Guanais Dourado. We hope to walk in the trail that she opened and signed for us.