Nursing image Flashcards
What are the sources of image in nursing?
- Nurses
- Media
- Nursing education
- Personal contact
- Other’s experience
- External images (ads, recruitment, legislators)
What are some factors that have influenced nursing image? (6)
- feminism
- history
- physician-nurse relationship
- hospital hierarchy
- socialization of women’s roles
- lack of knowledge of what nurses do
What are the historical images of nursing?
ANGEL OF MERCY (1800s) (nightingale)
noble, self-sacrificing, altruistic, religious
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE (1900)
GRADUATION OF MALE NURSES (1900-1920) other countries
GIRL FRIDAY (1920-29) handmaiden, subservient, modest
HEROINE (1930-45)
brave, rational, dedicated, humanistic
MOTHER (1945-65)
nurturing, sympathetic, domestic
pushback after WWII when men returned home
SEX OBJECT (1960s) sensual, romantic, frivolous, irresponsible
CAREERIST (1980s)
intelligent, logical, progressive, assertive
What are the three generalized types of historical images?
FOLK image: care by intuition, rituals, early tribes
RELIGIOUS Image: care for those less fortunate, charity
SERVENT image: domestic work, poor pay, long hours, strenuous work
NIGHTINGALE image: formal training, sanitation
What is the model of educational socialization?
in stages
- INITIAL INNOCENCE: when you first enter with your initial image/idea of what nursing is
- INCONGRUITIES: exposed to knowledge, practices, and values that contradict your idea. begin to question your fit
- IDENTITY: start to identify with what the actual role is and redefine your image
- ROLE SIMULATION: begin to take on role, feels uncomfortable and like you are pretending
- VACILLATION: going back and forth btwn your image and actual role/values (sprinkler)
- INTERNALIZATION: becomes a part of who you are. Accept and embrace nursing.
What is professional socialization?
Educational process which prepares members of the general public to become nurses by assuming the knowledge, functions, skills, and critical thinking abilities to function as a nurse
What are some barriers to professional socialization?
negative image makes it difficult to recruit
disparity among nurses
feeling of inadequacy (its daunting)
What are some strategies to change the professional image of nursing?
GRASSROOTS: start at the bottom up (everyone has a voice)
ORGANIZATION: advocate for nursing with your employer and connect with professional organizations
EDUCATION: acknowledge that nursing has its own body of knowledge. inform others of what you do
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: unions to improve conditions
MEDIA: advocate the media to portray nurses adequately
RECRUITMENT: make sure the image painted is accurate and that recruitment is ethical