La titulación de Practicante (1857-1953): conocimientos y cuidados urológicos impartidos

Resumen

Legally, nursing degree was created in 1857. However, it disappeared when it was integrated into Medical Assistant, in 1953, in conjunction with Midwife which was also established in 1857, and Nursing which was officially established in 1915. These three professions constitute the immediate antecedent of Nursing Degree (1977) and the latter is the antecedent for the current Nursing Degree.They administered urologic care.The proposed objectives are two: on the one hand, to know the content related to uro-nephrologic technicisms employed in texts for the instruction of nurses. On the other hand, with the knowledge obtained from official publications to know all the issues related to the nurse and urologic nursing.With regards to methodology a historic approach has been used. The figure of the nurse was key in the configuration of the current professional nursing. The research carried out on these professionals and their relationship with urologic care are still scarce. Thus, it is necessary a historic research to know the dimension of their contributions. Until the establishment of Urology and Nephrology for Nurse in 1975, an increasing and steady interest is found in the specialties of Urology and Nephrology issues as well as in the degree of professional autonomy achieved by the nurse in this field.