A lo largo del tiempo han sido varias las figuras que han realizado funciones que podemos enmarcar dentro del campo profesional de la Enfermería. Con el presente estudio pretendemos acercarnos a una de ellas, el Ministrante, de claro matiz técnico-quirúrgico. Junto a las circunstancias que motivaron su aparición, repasamos sus atribuciones profesionales y su interrelación con otras profesiones sanitarias.
Framed within the professional field of "nursing", there have been along the centuries various figures who performed several functions. The present study deals with the approach to one of them: the ministrante (Health Officer/Officier de santé), whose most paramount aspect is that of their technical-surgical tone. Professional attributions and inter-relationship with some other health professions together with different circumstances that motivated their onset are considered here.