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Source: Adapted from Holme, A. (2015). Big ideas. Why history matters to nursing. Nurse Education Today, 35, 635–637.

Discussion: Holme cites a media and public complaint that nurses today, possibly because of a higher level of education, are not as compassionate as they were 50 years ago. Nursing history contradicts this. Just like today, in years past, some nurses were compassionate and others were not. Higher education has not made nurses less compassionate. However, without historical awareness, nurses are not prepared to rebut this perception. Holme argues that it is imperative that nurses know their history.

Implications for Practice: Policy makers might act on this incorrect assumption about level of compassion as they respond to their constituents. Nursing education may then be forced to recede, through funding cuts and other policy initiatives, to the detriment of patients.