- Title
- The history and evolving image of nursing
- Creator
- Cruickshank, Mary; Paliadelis, Penny; Gazula, Swapnali; McAllister, Margaret
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166921
- Identifier
- vital:13515
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-1-108-43528-4
- Abstract
- The traditional stereotypical image of a nurse is closely linked to that of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who established a training system for nurses to teach them how to be completely dedicated to the taskes of care regardless of personal needs; dependent on and deferential to authorities such as medical doctors and matron supervisors; and modest and feminine. Of course, contemporary nursing is no longer a profession exclusive to females, and nor does nursing work predominantly involve dependent actions. However, these old ideas remain strong in the minds of the public and are often repeated in popular culture.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Relation
- The road to nursing Chapter 7 p. 99-116
- Rights
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Nursing; Study and teaching; Vocational guidence; Australia
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