title: [Professionalism: changes in nursing nomenclature].
abstract: The nursing professional received different names until 1977 when the curriculum of nursing was established in the University. Up until that time, students enrolled in three different types of professional development designations: "Orderly", "Nurse" as such, and "Technical Health Assistant". From a professional perspective, the authors have made an analysis of the assimilation process of the new name and concept. The authors have studied the announcements of nursing events published in two professional magazines and have concluded that at the start, the adoption of this new name was very confusing among nursing professionals as well as the transmission and development of nursing subject matter.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Universidad de Valencia. ramoncamano@uv.es
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Camaño Puig
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felipe Cabañero
mesh_terms: D009729:Nursing; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D009626:Terminology as Topic