“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” (Aristotle, n.d.). Every aspect in life where a team is implemented needs two things in order to run efficiently: awareness of one’s own and others abilities and roles, and effectively collaborating with each other despite any differences; the practice of medicine, in any field, is no exception. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on a common media portrayal of nurses, in this case I will reflect on how nurses are seen as a lesser profession in medicine when compared to being a medical doctor, and I will compare it with the actuality of the nursing profession.
The modern film which was directed by Jay Roach Meet the Parents (2000) is intended for a teenager/ adult audience, provides an …show more content…
Subtle themes in the movie were that nurses are incompetent and unintelligent but when compared with my research you found that the nursing profession must be competent and intelligent because of its long history, various classes of nurses, and its mandatory requirement to be …show more content…
According to the College of Family Physicians of Canada, people must realize that nurses are an important part to the whole medical system, because when nurses collaborate with physicians wait times decrease, and health care access increases, thus positively benefiting the whole health care system (2007, p.2). Because the media has a huge grasp on what the general population thinks of the nursing profession, we as nurses need to make sure that we remain our integrity on the job and actively create awareness campaigns, in order to kill the deception of the media portrayal of nurses as doctor’s
The modern film which was directed by Jay Roach Meet the Parents (2000) is intended for a teenager/ adult audience, provides an …show more content…
Subtle themes in the movie were that nurses are incompetent and unintelligent but when compared with my research you found that the nursing profession must be competent and intelligent because of its long history, various classes of nurses, and its mandatory requirement to be …show more content…
According to the College of Family Physicians of Canada, people must realize that nurses are an important part to the whole medical system, because when nurses collaborate with physicians wait times decrease, and health care access increases, thus positively benefiting the whole health care system (2007, p.2). Because the media has a huge grasp on what the general population thinks of the nursing profession, we as nurses need to make sure that we remain our integrity on the job and actively create awareness campaigns, in order to kill the deception of the media portrayal of nurses as doctor’s