The Nursing Process as a Strategy for a (De-)Professionalization in Nursing

The Nursing Process as a Strategy for a (De-)Professionalization in Nursing

The nursing process generally is understood as key element of professional nursing care in Germany. This study follows this argument back to the introduction of the nursing process in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time, the German healthcare system underwent dramatic changes and economic reorganization, which can be understood as the emergence of the neoliberal rationale in Germany.