Expanding the nursing profession

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This paper explores the political, economic and demographic developments which are shaping new nursing practices throughout the world. The authors observe that these developments are generally seen to challenge traditional models of nursing and encourage the role of sub-professional support workers The demands on the nursing profession have escalated during the last 20 years. In these introductory paragraphs the authors assess how nursing has accommodated these demands compared with the pressures on the profession prior to that. The Nightingale model of nursing arose at a time when the deficiencies of the medical model were already apparent. With the introduction of technology and the growth of scientific medicine, populations gravitated towards economic centres and expanded institutional welfare facilities. These events created a demand for skilled workers to service both the work of the physician and to meet the needs of the ill or disadvantaged person living away from the support of home and family.

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