[How to overcome problems of a nursing education towards professional autonomy]

This article, through an historical report of the legislation concerning nursing education, shows "schizophrenia rôle" that brings to a confusion. The professional authonomy, by turns denied or asserted, has always been for us the "litmus paper" indicating a series of difficulties interfering with the professional development. We believe that only in a "global education" (D.V.--Nursing Degree) we can find the natural solution of the difficulties met in Italy by a nursing profession that is young from an historial point of view, but is aware of its education needs.