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- Title
Megszólítása nővér – foglalkozása ápoló/nő.
- Authors
Ferencné, SÖVÉNYI; Katalin, FEDINECZNÉ VITTAY
- Abstract
This article discusses the etymology of the Hungarian word ‘nővér’ (sister, nurse). This word means a female sibling (‘woman+blood’), and its meaning later expanded to mean a sister (nun) in a religious order (from the Latin soror). Its usage to denote a woman tending to the sick derives from the fact that this job was done by nuns. In modern usage, members of the nursing personnel continue to be addressed as “nővér” (sister), although men have also appeared in their ranks in large numbers, but in the official job description they are referred to as “ápoló” (nurse).
- Subjects
HUNGARY; NURSES; NUNS; TERMS &; phrases; WOMEN; NURSING
- Publication
Nővér, 2024, Vol 37, Issue 3, p3
- ISSN
0864-7003
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.55608/nover.37.0009