<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The opening in 2009 at the University of Lausanne of a master’s degree program marked a new stage in the history of the profession in Switzerland. With new resources, the emergence of these nurses disrupting professional relationships, both with respect to doctors as well as within the profession. After having presented the issues of making knowledge more academic and more scientific in every sense, we show some effects of this diploma, in particular the attempt of redefinition of the practical and symbolic roles to which it gives rise.</p></abstract>

The opening in 2009 at the University of Lausanne of a master’s degree program marked a new stage in the history of the profession in Switzerland. With new resources, the emergence of these nurses disrupting professional relationships, both with respect to doctors as well as within the profession. After having presented the issues of making knowledge more academic and more scientific in every sense, we show some effects of this diploma, in particular the attempt of redefinition of the practical and symbolic roles to which it gives rise.

The Symbolic Stakes of an Academic Degree. Reconfigurations of Power Relationships and New Tensions Within the Nursing Profession

HESAV Haute école de santé Vaud, HES-SO, CH-1011

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The opening in 2009 at the University of Lausanne of a master’s degree program marked a new stage in the history of the profession in Switzerland. With new...

The Symbolic Stakes of an Academic Degree. Reconfigurations of Power Relationships and New Tensions Within the Nursing Profession

Published Online: Mar 20, 2020

Page range: 73 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0004

Keywords
Nursing profession, power relationships, academisation, scientifisation

© 2020 Kevin Toffel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Symbolic Stakes of an Academic Degree. Reconfigurations of Power Relationships and New Tensions Within the Nursing Profession

Published Online: Mar 20, 2020

Page range: 73 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0004

KeywordsNursing profession, power relationships, academisation, scientifisation

© 2020 Kevin Toffel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Nursing profession, power relationships, academisation, scientifisation