ENFERMEIRAS E RELIGIOSAS O CASO DO HC-FM / UFG GOIÂNIA

Abstract

The general aim of this paper is to reflect about the presence/absence of the nurses from religious orders in the nursing work, since the beginning of this profession until the modern times, specifically at the Hospital das Clínicas (HC) from the Medical School in Goiás Federal University. The researched place is composed of sixteen (16) nursing workers, divided into two large categories: the ones who don t have formal education and people who belong to religious orders. This essay tries to do a brief definition of words as Priesthood, Caring and Solidarity, studying approaches and distance related to the main characteristic of the work of the nursing professional. This paper is organized by three distinct parts: a) in the first part, it shows a historical profile of the Nursing Profession, since its ancient origins till the modern times, going to the Health Works in the Middle Ages, and it is already the Christian period and it also shows the hospitals during the Modern Ages, including the Brazilian Nursing History, since the Colonial Times until the modern university courses and the performance of the nurses in the Family Heath Program; b) the second chapter describes part of the Hospital das Clínicas installation and building, its administrative organization, its main directors and the HC nursing service history, as well as to take notes about the HC present staff , specially from the Nursing Area and c) the third part does a report of the questionnaire answers, the analysis of the collected data and its relationship between the concepts of the Priesthood, Caring and Solidarity.