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Nursing in transition: an analysis of the state of the art in relation to the conditions of practice and society's expectations
Author(s) -
Th van Maanen Hanneke M
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01947.x
Subject(s) - nursing , context (archaeology) , nurse education , nursing practice , nursing process , health care , medicine , political science , paleontology , law , biology
The discipline of nursing is in a process of rapid transition In this paper, the developments are discussed that have affected nursing in its advancement to a full‐grown profession Nursing and medicine are the products of Cartesian thinking that has fragmented our perspectives on man and his living world The consequences of this scientific viewpoint are reflected in all aspects of life Attention is paid to advances in nursing practice and education, the development of nursing research and the emergence of a nursing science These aspects are discussed in the context of professionalizahon and the position of nursing in the health care system and in society The study findings of the Styles Report Project on the Regulation of Nursing (1985) serve as a framework of analysis Links are made between the recommendations given in this report and the development of primary health care, the new tomorrow of a modern discipline