Anton-Solanas Isabel, Wakefield Ann, Hallett Christine E
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, San Jorge University, University Campus Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain.
Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Jpn J Nurs Sci. 2019 Apr;16(2):103-114. doi: 10.1111/jjns.12218. Epub 2018 Jun 28.
To describe the life and work of the international nurses of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and to examine their role in relation to their contribution to Spanish nursing in this period.
This historical study is based primarily on the memoirs of the international nurses who joined the war health services of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. The evidence that was elicited from these sources was compared and contrasted with other contemporary documents in order to compare their perspectives with those of other contemporaries.
The nurses of the International Brigades joined the front line health services as part of the mobile medical and surgical teams that were attached to the fighting units. They lived and worked under extreme conditions, often under fire. Their work while in Spain was not limited to care delivery but also included managerial and educational aspects. The international nurses' observations of Spanish nursing at the time were not always accurate, which might be explained by a lack of contact with qualified Spanish nursing staff due to a shortage of fully qualified nurses.
In the absence of the voices of the Spanish nurses themselves, the written records of the international nurses were invaluable in analyzing Spanish nursing in this period. Their testimonies are, in essence, the international nurses' legacy to the Spanish nurses who stayed behind after the departure of the International Brigadists in 1938.
描述西班牙内战期间国际纵队中国际护士的生活与工作，并探讨她们在此期间对西班牙护理事业的贡献及其所扮演的角色。
这项历史研究主要基于西班牙内战期间加入国际纵队战争卫生服务的国际护士的回忆录。从这些资料中获取的证据与其他同时期文件进行了比较和对照，以便将她们的观点与其他同时代人的观点进行对比。
国际纵队的护士作为隶属于作战部队的流动医疗和外科团队的一部分，加入了前线卫生服务。她们在极端条件下生活和工作，经常身处战火之中。她们在西班牙期间的工作不仅限于提供护理，还包括管理和教育方面。当时国际护士对西班牙护理的观察并不总是准确的，这可能是由于合格的西班牙护理人员短缺，她们缺乏与这些人员的接触所致。
在没有西班牙护士自身声音的情况下，国际护士的书面记录对于分析这一时期的西班牙护理至关重要。她们的证言本质上是国际护士留给1938年国际纵队撤离后留下来的西班牙护士的遗产。
