From the order of Augustinians’ Sisters to the contemporary nursing

Abstract

The history of nursing has been full of exciting events that have made this profession a key element in the development of society. Amid of these important events, an essential aspect for science was the role carried out by different religious orders during the Middle Age, especially the Order of the Augustinian Sisters. Since then, the vocation of great personalities in the care activity conceived the art of care as a profession. In this story it has forged the way of a labor that faces major challenges both in practice and in the epistemological part to achieve a respectable professional space. This path has been carved with dignity, sacrifice, and constant challenges to achieve a respectable professional space. Today, thanks to the dedication of those women and who daily honor their memory, nursing ranks as protagonist with enormous potential to new and complex dynamics of the field of health.

Keywords: History, nursing, hospitals, health, nurses.