Segodnya skladyvaetsya rynok meditsinskikh uslug, sozdayutsya lechebno-profilakticheskie uchrezhdeniya s razlichnymi formami sobstvennosti (federal"noy, munitsipal"noy, chastnoy), statsionary odnogo dnya, khospisy — uchrezhdeniya palliativnoy meditsiny, gde pomoshch" okazyvaetsya beznadezhno bol"nym. Spravit"sya s etimi zadachami mozhet tol"ko meditsinskaya sestra, umeyushchaya analiticheski myslit", podgotovit" k sovremennym obsledovaniyam, nauchno obosnovat" svoi deystviya pri vypolnenii protsedur, planov sestrinskogo ukhoda, vypolnit" manipulyatsii v sootvetstvii s protokolom, standartom. Sestra dolzhna byt" vysokokvalifitsirovannym professionalom, chey unikal"nyy i znachitel"nyy vklad v izlechenie patsienta privetstvuetsya vsemi kollegami, i kogo schitayut ravnym partnerom v meditsinskoy brigade. Glavnoy tsel"yu reformy sestrinskogo dela yavlyaetsya podgotovka novogo pokoleniya spetsialistov, khorosho znayushchikh svoe delo, orientirovannykh na dostizhenie vysokikh rezul"tatov v okhrane zdorov"ya naseleniya, vospitannykh v dukhe luchshikh traditsiy otechestvennoy meditsiny, sposobnykh rabotat" v usloviyakh rynochnoy ekonomiki i demokraticheskogo obshchestva. O tom, kak etogo dobit"sya, razmyshlyaet avtor knigi, pedagog s dvadtsatiletnim stazhem.