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Attic Treasures: A Look at Nursing History
Author(s) -
Larisey Marian M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1990.tb00834.x
Subject(s) - ideal (ethics) , nursing , window (computing) , history , medicine , philosophy , computer science , epistemology , operating system
Nursing history can provide not only a window on the past but also a clearer sense of the present. Reflections on a description of the “ideal” nurse of nearly fifty years ago reveals both change and continuity. In the change, professional growth in manifested; in the continuity, the perdurable essence of nursing.