The purpose of this paper is to address the professionalism and equality within the occupation of nursing. Autonomy in an occupation is recognized as an essential element in the definition of a profession; freedom from close supervisory attention is defined as the key aspect of experiencing autonomy at work (Carmel, Yakubovich, Zwanger & Zaltcman, 1988). Within professionalism, this paper will be discussing autonomy that nurses contain as well as the discussion of the ideologies of nursing. The nursing occupation has been restricted to the control of physicians who would supervise nurses closely and control their daily performance. This paper aims to discuss the control and supervision of physicians onto nurses to further analyze the nursing
