História da escola de enfermagem Madre Justina Inês : uma instituição de ensino superior formando enfermeiras em Caxias do Sul/RS (1957-1967)

Abstract

This dissertation, developed at the research line History and Philosophy of Education, Master of Education at the University of Caxias do Sul, aimed to research and analyze the installation and organization of the first Higher education Institution in healthcare. School of Nursing Mother Agnes Justina which began its activities in the training of nurses in 1957, led the University of Caxias do Sul, along with four other institutions, in 1967. The study tells about School, emphasizing the process of design, installation and organization of it, the curriculum and the context of training of nurses, thought from the history of health and education. As were shown on the theoretical dissertation on the cultural history. Methodologically was produced documentary analysis. The documents analyzed were found in the collection of Center Documents (Cedoc) of the University of Caxias do Sul, the former Provincial House of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Garibaldi (now the Hotel Monasterio), the historic collection of the Pious Sodality of the Ladies of Charity Hospital Pompeii, the library of school St. Joseph and the Municipal Historical Archive Spadari John Adami. Reports, photographs, minutes, curricula, rules, laws and resolutions constituted the corpus of documentary research. The text is organized into five chapters, starting with the consideration introduction, to portray the trajectory travel, the afterwards the historical aspects of Caxias do Sul, addressing in particular forms of patient care; as well as some points about the history higher education. Continuing, went be investigated the structure of the School of Nursing Mother Agnes Justina from the arrival, in Rio Grande do Sul, its founding the Sisters of St. Joseph, until its annexation to the University of Caxias do Sul. The quarter chapter is studied the first curriculum implementation, activities practices, the institution collaborator; theoretical and practical applied for training of nurses and extracurricular activities. On finally, some the possible consideration of research. By observing the organizations of the programmatic contents, it has been verified the values and the functions suggested by the school to the nurses graduation in that historical and social moment. Was expressed the graduation of a professional nurse centered in the subject/disease/cure and in the hospital assistance, including the preventive and healing of nursing’s care, according to a catholic morality, contributing to the moral and social readjustment of the ill, ensuring the students the disciplinary habits of the graduation, which are necessary to a nurse profession. It is concluded that the School of Nursing Mother Agnes Justina was a significant milestone in the professional training of nurses and Caxias do Sul the region, decreasing the number of practice nurses in hospital facilities.