Open AccessPublic Health Nursing in Spain and Navarra throughout the present century
Author(s) -
V Garisoain,
Rodolfo Armas Merino
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anales del sistema sanitario de navarra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2340-3527
pISSN - 1137-6627
DOI - 10.23938/assn.0629
Subject(s) - politics , humanity , task (project management) , public health , work (physics) , health professionals , public health nursing , political science , nursing , sociology , health care , medicine , law , management , economics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The evolution of humanity over the course of history, political reforms and the reforms of the health services have brought the different professions related with health to take part in this evolution. The professionals of nursing have not remained outside this evolution, changing both their functions and their formation. With respect to the field of public health, it seems that the task developed by these professionals is sometimes overlooked and lost, which is why this article attempts to present the work realised by community nurses throughout this century, paying special attention to their development in Navarra and a proposal for the future.