Abstract

Unveiling the political and union formalization of the Chilean nursing student movement in the socio political space of 1972-1973 contributes to the historical knowledge of nursing. The situations of need for nursing students in 1972 were formalized through the Federation of Nursing Students, which culminated with the military coup of 1970, where its members dissolved the Federation and were persecuted and expelled from their study centres. Despite reinsertion, the marks of this episode stripped them of their union ideals.

Keywords

history, nurse, students, politics