DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING AS A PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE. DIFFERENCES IN THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT

Abstract

It is a reflection on the consolidation of nursing as a professional discipline and the elements that, according to the scientific literature, make up this development. From there, the progress of nursing development in the Latin American context is analyzed and some aspects that may be influencing this development are identified. The academic field is pointed out as a strategic space to study and intervene in if the aim is to analyze the differentiated progress that nursing has had according to the context, and it is recognized that it is these spaces – the nursing training schools – from which the discussions that have underpinned the most significant developments of nursing as a professional discipline have been led with greater force.