Abstract
The development of professional nursing training in Catalonia started at the beginning of XX century, with the establishment of three nursing schools: one public and two private. Their aim was: to provide trained medical auxiliaries; to improve the care of patients, at home or in the hospital; to offer a social and economic rewarding profession for women; and to have a public health promoter, very closed to the people.
Highlights
During the nineteen century in Catalonia, the assistance to sick people was provided on voluntary or charitable non-professional bases, by the own family or by religious orders
At the beginning of XX century, we found a new manual written by tree women, primary school teachers [5], addressed to the instruction of woman in this field: “Lo cuidado del malalt”
The nursing school of santa madròna. This was the first private school to open their doors in Catalonia. It was a branch of the Institut de la Dona queTreballa (Institute for the Working Woman), an institution sponsored by a savings bank, with the aim to protect, train and give social services for the working women
Summary
During the nineteen century in Catalonia, the assistance to sick people was provided on voluntary or charitable non-professional bases, by the own family or by religious orders. This was the same, at home or in hospitals and institutions. The arise of medical specialties, with increasing use of technology for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, demanded trained and skilled personnel to assist doctors job and patient’s care These changed the role of persons giving charitable attention to seek and poor people, to become a trained and professional auxiliary in the field of Medicine
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