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[Conceptual models; a power strategy with professional implications].

Margalida Miró Bonet¹

¹Departament d'Infermeria i Fisioteràpia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, España. mmiro@uib.es

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|October 23, 2010

Summary

Nursing conceptual models, while guiding practice, were analyzed as a power strategy. Their adoption by nurses in Spain since the 1970s had unintentional professional and social consequences.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Studies
Sociology of Professions
Post-structuralist Theory

Context:

Nursing models and theories are often viewed as essential standards for nursing practice and professional identity.
Debate exists regarding their necessity for advancing the discipline and transforming professional roles.
This analysis focuses on Spain from 1956-1976, a period of significant professional identity formation.

Purpose:

To analyze the use of conceptual nursing models as a power strategy within the nursing profession.
To examine the unintentional professional implications of adopting these models from a post-structuralist perspective.
To explore the political and social consequences of nursing models on practice and discourse.

Summary:

The study examines conceptual nursing models not for their validity, but as a power strategy employed by nurses in Spain since the 1970s.
Drawing on PhD research, it analyzes the continuity and transformation of professional nursing identity between 1956 and 1976.
It highlights political and social impacts on nursing practices and the discourse surrounding nursing models, contrasting holistic/humanist views with bio-pathological/technical ones.

Impact:

Reveals how nursing models, intended to guide practice, functioned as a power mechanism.
Uncovers unintended consequences of model adoption on professional identity and autonomy.
Demonstrates the influence of model-driven discourse on the perception and practice of nursing, potentially overshadowing clinical realities.