What stages did the development of modern nursing go through?

The development of modern nursing has gone through three stages: disease-centered, patient-centered and health-centered.

(1) This stage of disease-centered nursing is mainly the initial stage of the establishment and development of modern nursing. After getting rid of the influence of religion and theology, medicine has achieved unprecedented development, biomedicine has made brilliant achievements, and all medical behaviors have also formed a "disease-centered" medical model. Under the influence of this model, assisting doctors to diagnose and treat diseases has become the basic feature of nursing work in this period. Nursing is subordinate to medical treatment, and nurses are doctors' assistants.

(2) Patient-centered nursing at this stage is mainly based on the new health concept and bio-psychological-social medical model. In the course of its development, nursing has absorbed a large number of theories of related disciplines, such as system theory, human needs hierarchy theory and the relationship between man and environment, which has made fundamental changes in nursing. The nursing theory in this period began to emphasize that people are a whole. While nursing diseases, we should pay attention to people's holistic nursing, and the nursing work should change from "disease-centered" to "patient-centered".

(3) Nursing centered on human health Due to the rapid development of science and technology and the growing demand for health, the spectrum of diseases that threaten human health has changed, and the trend of medical socialization and great health has become more and more obvious. Protecting health has become a powerful driving force for social development, which has enabled the nursing profession to have a broader field of vision and practice. "Nursing centered on human health" has become an inevitable choice.

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Because the development level of social economy, culture, education, health and other aspects of the world is very different, the development of nursing specialty is also very uneven. Generally speaking, the developed countries have a relatively high level of development and have entered the third stage, while the vast number of developing countries are developing slowly and facing more difficulties.

Since China's reform and opening up, the nursing profession has developed rapidly, and the degree of specialization and education level have made great progress. However, in the face of medical progress and the continuous development of diagnosis and treatment technology, as well as the growing health needs of the people, it has become an irreversible trend for the nursing profession to gradually develop to a higher level.

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