O enfermeiro-mor nas Santas Casas da província de Minas Gerais: entre a administração e a assistência

• Autor(a) principal: Rita de Cassia Marques
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Anny Jackeline Torres Silveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232022279.04652022; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61855; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-0385
• topic: História da enfermagem; História do século XIX; Santas Casas; História da enfermagem; História do século XIX

This article focuses on the perception of nursing as a low-prestige occupation in the 19th century. The history of nursing produced by professionals in the area supported this understanding. However, the profile of the enfermeiromor (head nurse), a position in the Santas Casas, demonstrates that the nursing profession was present throughout a broader social spectrum. The authors support the hypothesis that the typical negative assessment is based only on the more visible patient care activities. The presence of the enfermeiro-mor exemplifies the limits of a generalization of the social undervaluation of nursing. The conclusion is that the generalized assumption that nursing was only about basic health care is not acceptable.