Nursing Practice

Nursing Practice

Question 1

The image and perception about nursing profession has been changed throughout the history. Media's portrayal has been one of the major factors for changing this perception. Media and Hollywood often portrays the profession in unrealistic fashion. Different TV shows exaggerate any medication error or non ethical practices of nurses, which causes frustration in public, and make them think negatively about nursing, which is the largest American profession. Media portrays the nursing profession as the low skilled professionals, who are most often used as sexual objects by their colleagues or higher order practitioners. Thus, a large portion of general ...