Evolution of the material world in nursing care: XVIII to XX centuries

Throughout the evolution of the nursing profession, have carried out various scenarios care and have used various materials to provide care. The material world of nursing care consists of a wide variety of instruments that support such care, facilitating the work of nursing. It is therefore importan...

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Main Author: Sonia Sánchez Aragó
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2018-02-01
Series:Cultura de los Cuidados
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Online Access:https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/2017-n49-evolucion-del-mundo-material-en-los-cuidados-de-enfermeria
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Summary:Throughout the evolution of the nursing profession, have carried out various scenarios care and have used various materials to provide care. The material world of nursing care consists of a wide variety of instruments that support such care, facilitating the work of nursing. It is therefore important to know the elements that our predecessors used in nursing practice and its most important features. Objective: It aims to analyze the situation of the material world throughout history including nursing between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, in order to gather information and present an updated version of what instruments vision were used and how it is carried out carefully. Methods: It has done a literature review in order to find and use information available about the material world throughout the history of nursing. It has also been carried out the analysis of various manual to understand the care provided in those centuries. Results: Technological, scientific and social challenges throughout the seventeenth movements, and especially nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there have been several changes in the material world and the stage of care in the nursing profession. Conclusions: He analysis of media and objects used in the care, allows you to draw an overview of the evolving role of nurses. The material world of care has been built and enriched by the various figures who have dedicated themselves to caring and objects that have been part of that care.
ISSN:1699-6003