Suchergebnisse

Le sujet que j'ai été invitée à traiter est l'un de ceux qui préoccupe depuis de longues années les milieux infirmiers aux Etats-Unis; mais ce souci se trouve encore accentué par le fait que nous sommes pleinement conscients de la vulnérabilité de tout endroit du globe, dans l'éventualité d'une guerre moderne. Depuis longtemps, l'infirmière personnifie tous ceux qui secourent et soignent les blessés, les malades, ceux qui ont besoin de leur aide. Sa seule présence donne déjà aux patients un sentiment de sécurité et de réconfort. Le public, les médecins et les malades attribuent aux infirmières un rôle important dans la défense nationale. Aussi doivent-elles être dûment préparées et décidées à s'acquitter de leur tâche avec efficacité.

The subject I have been asked to discuss is one which has been of great concern to the nursing profession in the United States for many years, but this interest has been accentuated by our recognition of the vulnerability of every part of the world in modern warfare. The nurse has traditionally been the personification of those who care for the sick, and the helpless. Her very presence gives the patients a feeling of security and comfort. The public, the physicians, and the patients expect nurses to have an important role in national defense. Therefore, nurses must be prepared and willing to carry out their responsibilities effectively.Before telling you what we are planning to do to prepare nurses to function adequately in national defense, it will be necessary to review the milieu in which we work as each country has its own framework in which activities are carried out and, therefore, the pattern of action may not be the same for every country. Further, I recognize that there are countries represented here that have had much more experience with the problems inherent in planning for national defense than we have in our country.