week 6: chapter 4: The professional image: Impact and strategies for change Flashcards
During which time period was the “Girl Friday” image of nursing, as identified by Kalisch and Kalisch, prevalent?
a. 1854–1919
b. 1920–1929
c. 1930–1945
d. 1945–1965
ANS: B
The Girl Friday image of nursing was prevalent from 1920 to 1929.
Which following word is a characteristic of the “Angel of Mercy” nursing image? a. Ritualistic
b. Cooperative
c. Humanistic
d. Autonomous
ANS: A
According to Kalisch and Kalisch (1982), characteristics of the Angel of Mercy nursing image include noble, moral, religious, virginal, ritualistic, and self-sacrificing.
During which time period did “the Mother” nursing image, as identified by Kalisch and Kalisch, exist?
a. 1854–1919
b. 1920–1929
c. 1930–1945
d. 1945–1965
ANS: D
The nursing image of the Mother existed from 1945 to 1965.
Which following word is a characteristic of “the Heroine” nursing image? a. Modest
b. Cooperative
c. Autonomous
d. Methodological
ANS: C
According to Kalisch and Kalisch (1982), characteristics of the Heroine nursing image include brave, rational, dedicated, decisive, humanistic, and autonomous.
Who was considered to be the first nurse researcher?
a. Sairey Gamp
b. Edith Cavell
c. Sister Mary Kenny
d. Florence Nightingale
ANS: D
Florence Nightingale was a scholar and has been termed the first nurse researcher.
A new graduate is in the process of developing a personal brand as a professional nurse using Facebook. Which of the following activities must be engaged to develop a personal brand?
a. Obtain funding
b. Consult an IT technician
c. Create strict timelines
d. Identify personal strengths
ANS: D
Developing a personal brand as a professional nurse involves identifying personal strengths, values, and beliefs about what it means to be a professional nurse.
According to Kalisch and Kalisch (1982), which one of the following is considered to be the ideal image for the nurse?
a. The Careerist
b. The Technologist
c. The Practitioner
d. The Health Care Professional
ANS: A
According to Kalisch and Kalisch (1982), the ideal nursing image is the Careerist, an intelligent, logical, progressive, sophisticated, emphatic, and assertive woman or man who is committed to attaining higher standards of health care.
Which of the following is another term for self-image?
a. Body image
b. Self-esteem
c. Internal image
d. Self-confidence
ANS: C
Another term for self-image is internal image.
Susan is a registered nurse currently completing her first year as a staff nurse in the Critical Care Unit. Lately, she has been thinking about looking for opportunities to grow her professional image. Which of the following activities could help with that goal?
a. Serve as a preceptor
b. Adopt a puppy
c. Enroll in an art class
d. Knit a sweater
ANS: A
Developing skills in student mentoring and enacting these as a formal preceptor will serve to strengthen nurses’ self-image and position them to realize their full potential for leadership and change in the health care system.
Which following group of health care providers has the most members in Canada?
a. Physicians
b. Chiropractors
c. Physiotherapists
d. Registered nurses
ANS: D
The number of persons in the nursing profession far exceeds that of any other health provider.
The emergence of a consistent professional brand image for nursing is strongly influenced by which of the following factors?
a. Influence, decision-making, and authority
b. Public opinion, politics, and codes of ethics
c. Policies, programs, and processes
d. Undergraduate and graduate education programs
ANS: A
Godsey et al. (2018) reported that there was a need to educate nursing students to recognize that the emergence of a positive professional brand image is strongly influenced by factors such as nursing’s influence, decision-making, and authority.
Nurse Smith has recently started a Facebook page to promote and share a new position statement from his provincial association that shows a picture of the recommended uniform for acute care nurses. This is an example of which of the following strategies?
a. Increasing marketing skills
b. Promoting a contemporary image of nursing
c. Using a valid measure of self-image
d. Engaging in social media
ANS: D
One of the strategies to influence a positive nursing professional self-image is to support nurses’ engagement in social media.
The image of nursing has been the centre of much attention for which of the following reasons? (Select all that apply.)
a. The effect on sex stereotyping
b. The impact of nursing education
c. The influence on nursing’s struggle to identify itself as a profession
d. The impact on professional self-esteem
e. The explosion of negative role models in the media
f. The impact on nursing recruitment
g. The impact on professional self-identity
ANS: B, D, F, G
The image of nursing has been the centre of much attention in nursing literature and within professional associations because of its impact on educational experience, recruitment, retention, turnover, career development, career success, professional self-esteem, and professional self-identity.
Nurses can undertake which of the following strategies to enhance the image of the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
a. Engage in political advocacy
b. Report professional misconduct
c. Submit a grievance
d. Pay attention to appearance
e. Stay current with professional literature
ANS: A, D, E
Strategies that may be undertaken by nurses include paying attention to appearance and communication style, enrolling in continuing educational programs, seeking a mentor, volunteering for committees, staying current with professional literature, engaging in political advocacy, and seeking career development programs.
A student nurse interested in promoting a positive image of nursing could use which of the following strategies? (Select all that apply.)
a. Lobby for more funding
b. Project an updated professional image
c. Develop strict dress code policies
d. Write stories about nursing
e. Take courses in marketing
ANS: B, D, E
Strategies to influence a positive nursing professional self-image include promoting a contemporary image of nursing, writing stories about nursing that contribute to a contemporary image, and increasing marketing skills to drive image building.
