Leishman June L
School of Social and Health Sciences, The University of Abertay Dundee.
Int J Psychiatr Nurs Res. 2005 May;10(3):1157-64.
Reflections on nursing history, the nature of its workforce and its evolution as a profession can be powerful tools in the development of professional identity. Historical accounts of mental health nurses' practice and how they are socially, politically and culturally positioned within a particular time frame serve to illustrate that as practitioners we are precariously placed within a certain point in history. This paper emphasises the importance of mental health nursing historical research within nurse education curricula as a means of situating current theories, practice and professional identity. It further proposes that as today's practice becomes tomorrow's history, mental health nursing will continue to respond in a dynamic way to the practices and policies of the day.
对护理历史、护理人员的性质及其作为一门专业的演变进行反思，可能是塑造专业身份的有力工具。关于精神科护士实践的历史记载，以及他们在特定时间框架内的社会、政治和文化定位，有助于说明作为从业者，我们在历史的某个特定点上处于不稳定的位置。本文强调精神科护理历史研究在护士教育课程中的重要性，将其作为一种定位当前理论、实践和专业身份的手段。它还进一步提出，随着今天的实践成为明天的历史，精神科护理将继续以动态的方式回应当时的实践和政策。
