Why study the discourses that shape professional training in nursing?

Abstract

The configuration of nursing knowledge cannot be analyzed without knowing the contextual reality and the social recognition that nursing goes through at each moment in history. Thus, this societal knowledge – also called discourse – is fundamental to identify the role that the nursing community has in the production and reproduction of this knowledge. In this context, the following reflection is presented on the importance of studying the discourses that shape professional training in nursing, in order to understand the development that this profession has had as a profession and discipline in the different contexts where it is practiced.