Objective Using issues in rural and remote area nursing as the example, this paper explores how nurses can use their historical imagination in considering professional issues today. Setting Rural and remote area nursing. Primary argument Historical imagination is the creative capacity to imagine possibilities of engaging with the past. Historical imagination in nursing has the potential to help...

Historic social study that aims to describe the circumstances of creation of the Union of Brazilian Religious Nurses (UBRN); to analyze the strategies of the religious nurses in their seek for space in nursing area; to comment the importance UBRN for education area and nursing practice. Primary sources: written documents and oral report; secondary sources: books, articles, thesis and dissertati...

The use of simulation is gaining momentum in nurse education across the UK. The Nursing and Midwifery Council is currently investigating the use of simulation in pre-registration nursing. This article gives a brief history of simulation, discusses competence issues and why simulation is best placed to teach nurses in today's health service. An innovative approach to implementing simulation into...

Nurses are primary care providers and are responsible for caring of patients. Since centuries, the nursing profession has been known as a profession only for females. Therefore, the history of nurses in early ages only states the role of the female, although males at that time also took part in patient-care along with females. The aim of this paper is to provide detailed review of national and ...

The main focus of this column is the use of nursing theories and their relationships to knowledge development in nursing in Iceland. This exploration is preceded by a brief historical view of the nursing history in Iceland. First, the term nursing theory must be put into perspective. Readers of this journal are well acquainted with the definition of nursing theory as “a distinct and well-articu...

3 Universidade Paulista, Departamento de Enfermagem, Campus de Bauru, Bauru, SP, Brazil. ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying the main nursing diagnoses and interventions in children submitted to cochlear implant in the immediate postoperative period. Method: A crosssectional study conducted between February and April 2016, considering nursing history (anamnesis and physical examination) and nursing...