Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale

Objective: to analyze the relationships between the development of the Nursing labor and of capitalism over the 200 years of Florence Nightingale. Method: a logical-reflective and theoretical exposition based on interpretations of historical facts and Marxist theories. The analysis categories were...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Nogueira da Silva, Márcia de Assunção Ferreira
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Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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description Objective: to analyze the relationships between the development of the Nursing labor and of capitalism over the 200 years of Florence Nightingale. Method: a logical-reflective and theoretical exposition based on interpretations of historical facts and Marxist theories. The analysis categories were the following: the creation and expansion of the Nightingalean Nursing Teaching System; the subsumption of the Nursing labor to capital; imperialism and international health; and the flexibilization of the Nursing labor. Results: the expansion of the Nightingale Teaching System has trained nurses on a global scale. The capitalist system transformed the Nursing labor in the twentieth century, culminating in the twenty-first century with precarious and intense turnover of nurses in their jobs. Conclusion: the Nursing labor, made professional by Nightingale, has assumed in the last 200 years a dialectical relationship with capitalism in which it both determines and is determined by it. New challenges, such as the Industry 4.0 technologies, are constantly imposed on the profession.
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spelling doaj.art-4115395906ba46f8bb2ea295b63736902022-12-21T19:45:28ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem1518-834510.1590/1518-8345.4482.3425Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence NightingaleRodrigo Nogueira da SilvaMárcia de Assunção FerreiraObjective: to analyze the relationships between the development of the Nursing labor and of capitalism over the 200 years of Florence Nightingale. Method: a logical-reflective and theoretical exposition based on interpretations of historical facts and Marxist theories. The analysis categories were the following: the creation and expansion of the Nightingalean Nursing Teaching System; the subsumption of the Nursing labor to capital; imperialism and international health; and the flexibilization of the Nursing labor. Results: the expansion of the Nightingale Teaching System has trained nurses on a global scale. The capitalist system transformed the Nursing labor in the twentieth century, culminating in the twenty-first century with precarious and intense turnover of nurses in their jobs. Conclusion: the Nursing labor, made professional by Nightingale, has assumed in the last 200 years a dialectical relationship with capitalism in which it both determines and is determined by it. New challenges, such as the Industry 4.0 technologies, are constantly imposed on the profession.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692021000100323&tlng=ptCapitalismNursing CareHealth EconomicsHealth Care SectorNursingHistory of Nursing
spellingShingle Rodrigo Nogueira da Silva
Márcia de Assunção Ferreira
Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Capitalism
Nursing Care
Health Economics
Health Care Sector
Nursing
History of Nursing
title Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale
title_full Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale
title_fullStr Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale
title_full_unstemmed Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale
title_short Nursing and society: Evolution of Nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of Florence Nightingale
title_sort nursing and society evolution of nursing and of capitalism in the 200 years of florence nightingale
topic Capitalism
Nursing Care
Health Economics
Health Care Sector
Nursing
History of Nursing
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