Reverby And Olson's Analysis

2) Reverby and Olson’s ideas of the centrality of caring to nursing differed significantly. Throughout Reverby’s text it is implied that nursing is seen as an obligation than a choice. She states, “embedded in the seemingly natural or ordained character of women, it became an important manifestation of women’s expression of love of others, and thus integral to the female sense of self”, (Reverby, 2004, p. 199). Furthermore “nursing relied on the language of duty… [and] built on the obligation to care, was to be exalted and honed in the creation of the new nurse” (Reverby, 1987, p. 200). On the other hand, Olson’s views were that the centrality of nursing was a craft. But first nurses must possess certain qualities in order to become a