The Media’s Negative Impact on the Nursing Image Nurses are skilled and educated professionals. As caregivers they also provide education to their patients on improving their quality of life. Unfortunately, the image depicted in the media has not always been accurate or flattering (ONA, 2013). According to McNally (2009), “Whether nurses like it or not, modern media, and especially popular television drama, has shaped society’s perception of nursing” (p. 19). In this paper I will be talking about how the image shown in the media impacts the image of nursing. Firstly, I will assess the popular television show Nurse Jackie and write about how nurses are portrayed in the media. Secondly in this paper I will compare what is found in Nurse Jackie
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When I think of nurses, I think about them helping and caring for patients. I feel that nurses should be less sexualized and not associated with the abuse of prescription medicine. They should be recognized and championed for their skills and education. In my opinion, doctors should not be quickly dismissing what nurses have to say considering that the nurse's role is to assist in the care and comfort of their patients. I believe that in the nursing profession, there may be a time where the doctors do mistreat nurses because they think they feel they are less educated. As stated by Reitha Cabaniss (2011), “in television shows Nurses are frequently shown as less intelligent” (p.115). The portrayal of nurses in Nurse Jackie may impact the public view of professional nursing by associating all nurses with similar behaviour, or that they are capable of such behavior. In order to obtain the most relevant information I have used academic search engines such as: Medline, CINAHL, PROQUEST and SUMMON to assess the accuracy of how the media affects the image of nurses. I refined my search by only including peer reviewed articles published from 2009 to 2014. The terms I used to search were image, nurses, media, naughty nurse, and nurses’ substance abuse. I then selected articles I thought were the most appropriate , as …show more content…
Without doctors order nurses cannot perform procedures and makes decision related to patient care” (p. 115). Sherita Johnson and Daria Kring (2012) stated, “That the teamwork between nurses and physicians is important in providing improved patient care outcomes” (p. 343). When Nurse Jackie reported to the doctor that she suspected the patient was bleeding from the brain, he disregarded her request for a scan and informed her that he knew what he was doing. The doctor should have at least considered her request because she was the one working directly with the patient and it wouldn’t have negatively impacted the patient’s health or comfort. As a result of the doctor ignoring Nurse Jackie, the patient died of subdural
When I think of nurses, I think about them helping and caring for patients. I feel that nurses should be less sexualized and not associated with the abuse of prescription medicine. They should be recognized and championed for their skills and education. In my opinion, doctors should not be quickly dismissing what nurses have to say considering that the nurse's role is to assist in the care and comfort of their patients. I believe that in the nursing profession, there may be a time where the doctors do mistreat nurses because they think they feel they are less educated. As stated by Reitha Cabaniss (2011), “in television shows Nurses are frequently shown as less intelligent” (p.115). The portrayal of nurses in Nurse Jackie may impact the public view of professional nursing by associating all nurses with similar behaviour, or that they are capable of such behavior. In order to obtain the most relevant information I have used academic search engines such as: Medline, CINAHL, PROQUEST and SUMMON to assess the accuracy of how the media affects the image of nurses. I refined my search by only including peer reviewed articles published from 2009 to 2014. The terms I used to search were image, nurses, media, naughty nurse, and nurses’ substance abuse. I then selected articles I thought were the most appropriate , as …show more content…
Without doctors order nurses cannot perform procedures and makes decision related to patient care” (p. 115). Sherita Johnson and Daria Kring (2012) stated, “That the teamwork between nurses and physicians is important in providing improved patient care outcomes” (p. 343). When Nurse Jackie reported to the doctor that she suspected the patient was bleeding from the brain, he disregarded her request for a scan and informed her that he knew what he was doing. The doctor should have at least considered her request because she was the one working directly with the patient and it wouldn’t have negatively impacted the patient’s health or comfort. As a result of the doctor ignoring Nurse Jackie, the patient died of subdural