2017, Number 1
Rev Enferm IMSS 2017; 25 (1)
The nursing professional that Mexico needs
Salcedo-Álvarez RA
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Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Throughout professional development, one can simply be professional, professional enough, an outstanding professional or, in the best-case scenario, an excellent professional. The difference between each degree has to do with the commitment that individuals show toward themselves and, therefore, toward their professional association. This degree of commitment is closely related to the eagerness for knowledge that becomes perceptible from the continuous academic and professional development. Thus, if the question is What does nursing mean to me?, the possible answers along these lines would be “It’s just my job,” “It’s part of my lifestyle,” or “It is my philosophy of life.” Surely, the selected answer will be on par with the type of professional that each of us has become. Obviously, practising humanism implies knowing oneself: it is the self-concept reflected in another person. As Duchscher has stated, humanism implies respect for the man’s own inner freedom to think, feel and believe.REFERENCES
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