The Quality of Health System in Mexico and the Professional Nursing act before the Prescription of Medicines

Abstract

<p>This article introduces a critical analysis regarding the quality of health system in Mexico and the contribution of nursing to it. In the first place, considering the indicators of the quality of health care services to the users is dependent on the origin of the fragmentation of health system. Secondly, the work from bioethics, with special emphasis on the current Health Reform, that is granted to the nursing profession, was derived from its bioethical act, the academic preparation, the recent legal authorization to prescribe medications in the absence of the doctor and the need of the population, especially due to transcendent actions in communities that are not reached by health services. Nursing as a profession has currently advanced and it is effective in helping in realizing the social expectation regarding health, by increasing the responsibility of its exercise, and becoming more professional.</p>