Horwitz Simonne
Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 1H9.
Nurs Res Pract. 2011;2011:813270. doi: 10.1155/2011/813270. Epub 2011 Sep 7.
This paper charts the history and debates surrounding the introduction of academic, university-based training of nurses in South Africa. This was a process that was drawn out over five decades, beginning in the late 1930s. For nurses, university training was an important part of a process of professionalization; however, for other members of the medical community, nursing was seen as being linked to women's service work. Using the case-study of the University of the Witwatersrand, one of South Africa's premier universities and the place in the country to offer a university-based nursing program, we argue that an historical understanding of the ways in which nursing education was integrated into the university system tells us a great deal about the professionalization of nursing. This paper also recognises, for the first time, the pioneers of this important process.
本文梳理了南非学术性、基于大学的护士培训引入过程的历史及相关争论。这一过程历经五十余年，始于20世纪30年代末。对护士而言，大学培训是职业化进程的重要组成部分；然而，对医学界的其他成员来说，护理被视为与女性服务工作相关联。通过以南非顶尖大学之一、该国首个提供大学护理项目的威特沃特斯兰德大学为例，我们认为，从历史角度理解护理教育融入大学系统的方式，能让我们深入了解护理职业化。本文还首次表彰了这一重要进程的先驱者。
