Nursing

Nursing

Abstract

Nursing as a profession has been built up over the centuries and more rapidly in recent decades as medicine, these developments demand a quality education with human, scientific, technical and ethical, to meet all human responses of patient family and community, that have been modified by biotechnology developments, new lifestyles, socio-economic changes, new family structures due to migration, the environment polluted by the same man, minimizing appearance of the traditional cultures, especially in health aspects.

This reality demands training and improved health practices with knowledge of the biological and social sciences such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, ethics, bioethics, behavior and theology itself, to guide the international teamwork, and multidisciplinary trans professional people and we do not health professionals.

The nurse's training at undergraduate and postgraduate should put more emphasis on ethics and bioethics, as well as continuing education in a committed work between schools and hospital services and primary care such as health centers and sub centers.

This training aims to quality care and warmth to the patient / user, family and community to promote self-care, advocacy and health promotion, disease prevention and recovery and rehabilitation of health, respecting their dignity their rights and the environment. (McKenna, 2007)

Evolution of the Concept of Nursing

There are many definitions of nursing, but some do not properly reflect the knowledge and skills of the professional nurse. The common dictionary definitions refer to the nurse as a person generally .However, at present, there are also men preparing to become nurses and care for healthy people through prevention and education on health.

Nearly 100 years ago, Florence Nightingale nursing as definió0 act to influence the patient's environment to help in their recovery. He believed that a clean, well ventilated and quiet was essential for recovery. Nightingale thus elevate the prestige of the profession through education, which the nurses were no longer love keys without training to become educated to care for the sick. (Donahue, 1996)

The role of religion in the development of nursing

Many of the world's religions preach benevolence, but has been the Christian value of love your neighbor as yourself, the beginning of the assistance came with the Christian parable of the Good Samaritan, who attended a tired and wounded unknown. During the ages 3 and 4 a number of wealthy matrons of the Roman Empire, as Marcella, Paula Fabiola and used their wealth to build houses to support and heal the poor and homeless. (Kim, 2006)

They were not the only nurse serving with, if not as it existed in Rome in a men's organization called: THE BROTHERHOOD PORABOLANI. With the growth of the Catholic Church was built many hospitals and many institutions specialized in the care of elderly widows, orphans, poor and sick. During the Middle Ages were founded religious orders of men and women, military and secular for the principal purpose of caring for the sick.

Historical Perspectives of Nursing

The history of the nursing profession can be very proud of it. The women's traditional roles as wife, mother, daughter and sister has always been about the care ...