In today’s world stereotyping someone on the way a person looks, acts, or even the way the media portrays them has become more ordinary than it should. Stereotypes are a widely held but distorted image of a certain type of person or thing. Misconceptions are a view or even an inaccurate opinion because misconceptions are from faulty thinking or confusion. Therefore, anyone can be stereotyped or even be misconceived due to the group individuals associate themselves with. Many people automatically start to categorize different groups because that is the way our brain has been wired from the age we were able to talk and tell different things apart. While growing up people need to gain an instinct on how to distinguish if someone is a friend or
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Nurses do not need people telling them how to do their job. For example in Pakistan the naughty nurse stereotype is emphasized and is emphasized to the point calling these paid professionals prostitutes. In the online website Canadian Nurse, Leah Geller writes an article Changing How the World Thinks About Nursing she skims over this stereotype when expressing, “we’re all familiar with the naughty nurse stereotype, suggesting nursing is about hot young women bestowing sexual favors. In some countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh, for example, the stereotype is even more explicit — nurses are basically seen as prostitutes. Research shows that nurses suffer an inordinate amount of sexual and other abuse at work. It seems obvious that continually depicting nurses as purveyors of sexual services would be a major contributor to this abuse.” Nurses are judged all over the world not just in America. This is a problem because why would anyone want to judge their healthcare providers. Since these misconceptions and stereotypes are heard from everyone and are big in the media it makes some students shy away from nursing. In an online article Nursing in Media by Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean, Columbia School of Nursing explains how in a 2008 study found the unflattering TV images about the profession made some academically advanced students discouraged to pursue nursing. Society does not realize the effect word of mouth has on a person or profession especially if it is an opinion that matters to people. Nurses are in need to keep hospitals running and keep patients in the best health. If these stereotypes continue nursing will become a job in need of people, when in reality it is a rewarding
Nurses do not need people telling them how to do their job. For example in Pakistan the naughty nurse stereotype is emphasized and is emphasized to the point calling these paid professionals prostitutes. In the online website Canadian Nurse, Leah Geller writes an article Changing How the World Thinks About Nursing she skims over this stereotype when expressing, “we’re all familiar with the naughty nurse stereotype, suggesting nursing is about hot young women bestowing sexual favors. In some countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh, for example, the stereotype is even more explicit — nurses are basically seen as prostitutes. Research shows that nurses suffer an inordinate amount of sexual and other abuse at work. It seems obvious that continually depicting nurses as purveyors of sexual services would be a major contributor to this abuse.” Nurses are judged all over the world not just in America. This is a problem because why would anyone want to judge their healthcare providers. Since these misconceptions and stereotypes are heard from everyone and are big in the media it makes some students shy away from nursing. In an online article Nursing in Media by Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean, Columbia School of Nursing explains how in a 2008 study found the unflattering TV images about the profession made some academically advanced students discouraged to pursue nursing. Society does not realize the effect word of mouth has on a person or profession especially if it is an opinion that matters to people. Nurses are in need to keep hospitals running and keep patients in the best health. If these stereotypes continue nursing will become a job in need of people, when in reality it is a rewarding