The early apprentice, his work regime, and his directive to travel are discussed. Apprentices had both a learning and a working relationship with their masters and they performed tasks that often brought them into contact with the adult world. The wanderjahre, the practice of requiring apprentices to wander, is described. (MLW)

Nursing's future includes efforts to elevate nursing to professional status and to colleagueship with other health professionals. Nurses, it is suggested, must enhance their political power in order to change repressive laws that prevent nurses from having direct access and accountability to health-care consumers. (MLW)