[From the prohibition of practice to the decree of nursing acts]

Nursing care, which is a common life-sustaining practice, has been slowly legalized through the creation of a list of purely technical procedures, which many people see as a limitation on professional practice. However, nursing care is much more than a list of procedures. Moreover, the status of medical assistants, formalized during the first half of the 20th century, slowed down the evolution of the nursing function in its desire for autonomy and left an indelible mark on it. Certain events led the legislator to designate care in a list of autonomous acts and acts under delegation.