Authors

Ximena Ramós Garzón

Position

Docente Cátedra. Escuela de Enfermería. Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). Colombia

Contact address

Ximena Ramós Garzón. Carretera 28, 35-63. Edificio Iskala. Apartamento 1101. 680002 Bucaramanga, Santander (Colombia).

Contact email: ximenaramosgarzon@gmail.com

Abstract

There has always been a deep need in Nursing, from University and from patient care, to be validated as a profession, partly due to the unrelenting history that blurs it at the shadow of Medicine, and because theory does not commune with practice. From this point of view, there is a challenge in terms of showing evidence about a logical way of intervention, on a scientific basis, that will allow the materialization of Nursing care, which is complex and subjective, and often intangible in itself, but that represents the final goal of this profession. If patient care represents a goal, the Nursing care process is the means: the means that makes it possible to collect, process and interpret information, through a sequence of steps and following the scientific method, in order to identify a problem and implement a strategy for its resolution. The objective of this reflection is to substantiate and highlight the importance of the Nursing process for the development of an independent and ethical professional practice, which can be consistent with the paradigmatic view and social projection of the profession. Likewise, we intend to motivate students, professionals and teachers to make a joint effort towards the acknowledgement of the value and usefulness of the Nursing process, and its integral implementation in clinical practice.

Keywords:

Nursing care process; care plan; professional autonomy; logical thinking

Versión en Español

Título:

Reflexiones sobre el proceso de Enfermería. Desafío para estudiantes, docentes y profesionales de la práctica clínica