Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?

ABSTRACT Objective: to reflect on the legacy of predecessor and contemporary nursing to future generations, with a view to sustainable development. Methods: Theoretical and reflective essay that considered the legacy of Nightingale, Anna Nery and Horta and contemporary bibliographical sources that...

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Main Authors: Dirce Stein Backes, Betina Pereira Horbe, Marli Terezinha Stein Backes, Claudia Zamberlan
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2025-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672025001000401&lng=en&tlng=en
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Betina Pereira Horbe
Marli Terezinha Stein Backes
Claudia Zamberlan
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description ABSTRACT Objective: to reflect on the legacy of predecessor and contemporary nursing to future generations, with a view to sustainable development. Methods: Theoretical and reflective essay that considered the legacy of Nightingale, Anna Nery and Horta and contemporary bibliographical sources that reflect values and principles associated with sustainable development, in the light of complexity thinking. Results: The theoretical reflection focuses on four themes: Nightingale’s legacy - the forerunner of modern nursing; Anna Nery’s legacy - the heroine of Brazilian nursing; Horta’s legacy - the protagonist of the scientific foundations of nursing; and Contemporary nursing - what is its legacy to future generations? Final considerations: Recovering the legacy of Nightingale, Anna Nery and Horta is fundamental to advancing and sustaining the present and future of nursing. It is essential that contemporary nursing provokes disruptive movements and enables an evolutionary complex thinking that sustains health care as an interdependent, complementary and systemic phenomenon.
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spelling doaj-art-cea9938ab82b4e02b50f2f6b240cf0f72025-08-20T02:39:31ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462025-06-0178suppl 110.1590/0034-7167-2024-0370Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?Dirce Stein Backeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-1126Betina Pereira Horbehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1851-7273Marli Terezinha Stein Backeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3258-359XClaudia Zamberlanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4664-0666ABSTRACT Objective: to reflect on the legacy of predecessor and contemporary nursing to future generations, with a view to sustainable development. Methods: Theoretical and reflective essay that considered the legacy of Nightingale, Anna Nery and Horta and contemporary bibliographical sources that reflect values and principles associated with sustainable development, in the light of complexity thinking. Results: The theoretical reflection focuses on four themes: Nightingale’s legacy - the forerunner of modern nursing; Anna Nery’s legacy - the heroine of Brazilian nursing; Horta’s legacy - the protagonist of the scientific foundations of nursing; and Contemporary nursing - what is its legacy to future generations? Final considerations: Recovering the legacy of Nightingale, Anna Nery and Horta is fundamental to advancing and sustaining the present and future of nursing. It is essential that contemporary nursing provokes disruptive movements and enables an evolutionary complex thinking that sustains health care as an interdependent, complementary and systemic phenomenon.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672025001000401&lng=en&tlng=enNursingBreedingTimeSustainable DevelopmentNonlinear Dynamics
spellingShingle Dirce Stein Backes
Betina Pereira Horbe
Marli Terezinha Stein Backes
Claudia Zamberlan
Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Nursing
Breeding
Time
Sustainable Development
Nonlinear Dynamics
title Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?
title_full Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?
title_fullStr Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?
title_full_unstemmed Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?
title_short Predecessor and contemporary nursing: what is your legacy to future generations?
title_sort predecessor and contemporary nursing what is your legacy to future generations
topic Nursing
Breeding
Time
Sustainable Development
Nonlinear Dynamics
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