Abstract:

Object: The study aims to examine postgraduate theses in the field of nursing history in Turkey. Method: The study is a descriptive study. In this study, the theses registered to the National Thesis Center were scanned using the Turkish words "nursing history", "nursing", "patient care", "history of medicine", "caregiver". We reached 1007 postgraduate theses registered in the database. Eight of them that included criteria were examined according to their years, universities, institutes, advisor titles, type, method, and subjects (themes). Results: In our country, one of the postgraduate theses on the history of nursing was doctoral and seven of them were master's theses. Based on the datas obtained, it was determined that the first study was made in 1998 and most studies were made in Social Sciences Institutes (5 theses). Only one thesis was made by the Nursing Department. Four of the theses were about the nursing organization and nursing education, two of them were past nursing practices, one of them was the history of midwifery, one of them was the effect of historical knowledge on professional attitudes. Conclusion: Nursing has been modernized in the territory of our country, which has a rich history. However, it is sad and remarkable that there are few theses on the history of nursing. Important documents and information about nursing are waiting for researchers in archives. For this reason, there is a need for historical studies and researchers in nursing.

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