Kari martinsen biography of michael

Kari Martinsen born is a Norwegian nurse and academic, whose work focuses on nursing theory. After competing nursing training and working as a psychiatric nurse , she returned to school to earn a bachelor's, master's and PhD degree. Developing ideas about the philosophy involved in taking care of other people, she moved away from practicing nursing and turned toward academia.

Olav for nursing by the Norwegian crown in Kari Marie Martinsen was born in Oslo , Norway in The older of two sisters, she grew up in a home composed of her parents, who were both economists and had formerly been part of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II , her sister and her grandmother. Going on to further her education, Martinsen enrolled at the University of Bergen UB to study philosophy and phenomenology.

She completed her Master of Arts degree in with her thesis, Philosophy and Nursing: A Marxist and Phenomenological Contribution , which was the first critical analysis in Norway evaluating the profession from a philosophical and social perspective.

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At the time in Norway, debate was on-going over the educational requirements for nurses. Martinsen favored a four-year program, attained through a 2-year care assistant certification, followed by another two years of study to attain a nursing degree. Martinsen returned to the University of Bergen in as a scientific assistant in the history department, lecturing on feminist history.

Her research focus from to evaluated the social history of women and caring, evaluating when the shift from care of the sick shifted from "women's work" and charitable activities to professionally trained nurses.