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[Nursing as discipline, profession, and labour].

Denise Pires1

  • 1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Florianópolis, SC.

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Summary

This essay explores nursing as a profession, scientific discipline, and labor, emphasizing its evolving knowledge and practice within healthcare. It argues nursing requires continuous development to meet scientific and political challenges.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing as a scientific discipline and profession.
  • Sociological and epistemological perspectives on nursing.
  • Analysis of nursing within the scientific community.

Context:

  • Nursing practice within the context of collective healthcare work.
  • Sociology of professions and work process theories in healthcare.
  • Historical and social contextualization of nursing practice limits.

Purpose:

  • To articulate theoretical-conceptual aspects of nursing.
  • To analyze nursing as a profession, scientific discipline, and labor.
  • To reflect on nursing knowledge and professional practice.

Summary:

  • Nursing exhibits characteristics of both a profession and a scientific discipline.
  • The scope of nursing practice is shaped by historical and social factors.

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  • Nursing, as a social practice, confronts ongoing scientific and political challenges.

    • Impact:

    • Informs theoretical understanding of nursing.
    • Highlights the dynamic nature of professional nursing practice.
    • Underscores the need for continuous construction and adaptation in nursing.