Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, University of Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands.
Department of Nursing, Health, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2023 Dec;82(1):2233151. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2233151.
The Nordic country Faroe Islands consists of 18 mountain islands situated in the North Atlantic Sea. In the late 1800s, nursing in the Faroe Islands was behind international standards. A transition towards organised nursing commenced when Danish deaconesses arrived in 1897; their missions were to serve as nurses and train Faroese women in nursing. The overall aim of this research is to add to the history of Faroese nurses' training and work during the first decades of the 1900s, decades when Faroese nursing became visible through the presence of deaconesses and trained nurses. With historiographic and biographic approaches and in the context of Faroese history and nursing theory and research, we present accounts about four Faroese nurses' living, training and work during the three first decades of the 1900s. These years were progressive for Faroese nursing in hospital care and public health around on the islands, and a struggle to combat tuberculosis took place. We conclude by emphasising the importance of considering the beginning of professional nursing in a small faraway country where resilient nurses worked with ingenuity and often exceeded geographic and professional boundaries to help and support sick and injured compatriots, promoting their health and well-being.
北欧国家法罗群岛由 18 个位于北大西洋的山地岛屿组成。在 19 世纪后期，法罗群岛的护理水平落后于国际标准。1897 年丹麦女执事抵达后，开始向有组织的护理转变；她们的使命是担任护士，并培训法罗群岛的妇女从事护理工作。本研究的总体目的是增加 20 世纪头几十年法罗群岛护士培训和工作的历史，这几十年法罗群岛的护理通过女执事和受过培训的护士的存在变得可见。通过历史编纂学和传记方法，并在法罗群岛历史、护理理论和研究的背景下，我们介绍了四位法罗群岛护士在 20 世纪头三十年的生活、培训和工作情况。这几年是法罗群岛医院护理和公共卫生方面的进步时期，在岛上开展了一场对抗结核病的斗争。我们的结论强调了考虑一个偏远小国的专业护理开端的重要性，在那里，坚韧不拔的护士们发挥了创造力，经常超越地理和专业界限，帮助和支持生病和受伤的同胞，促进他们的健康和幸福。
