The Evolutionary Process of Nursing in Iran: Narrative Review

The nursing group is one of the major groups in the health and treatment team whose services are very determinative and influential. The profession of nursing is not new, but rooted in the past centuries. We want to go back to the beginning and review the history of nursing in Iran and use historical facts to teach us about the advancement of contemporary nursing.

This is a Narrative review article that using books and articles published in the field of nursing history in Iran by searching scientific databases. To investigate the evolution in nursing, the Bryant-Lukosius Framework has been used as a framework for reviewing texts in health systems. This framework includes three stages of introduction, implementation and sustainability. In this study, each historical period was first introduced, then major historical items were explained in each course. Finally, the effects of this course on recent issues of Iranian nursing have been discussed.

According to the requirements, Nursing has had many ups and downs in Iran. Experimental nursing in Iran became a nursing academy with the effect of nursing education from the United States and England. With the onset of Islamic revolution and war and increasing need, philosophy and nursing education models were changed. With the end of the war and the establishment of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the Nursing Organization and Nursing Board were founded the areas for nursing professionalism in Iran. But there are still major issues in Iranian nursing.

Given the issues that are currently in nursing, we must use past experiences to improve nursing quality and nurse professionalism in Iran.