Stereotypes In Nursing Research

The ways of communicating are changing rapidly due to the advancements of technologies, such as cable televisions with a channel for just about anything, radios, magazines, newspapers, smartphones and social media such as “Facebook” and “Twitter.” In light of this, collaboration and interaction between individuals have increased, enabling people to share opinions, ideas, and information. Social media use of stereotypes does not change the part it plays in shaping the roles in current society. This paper explores the image of the nursing profession in the media and the impact of the media towards the perception of nursing. These results explain how the media affects the image of nursing, both positively and negatively (Muehlbauer, 2012). For instance, the media portrays nurses as physician’s helpers who are sexually objectified. This depiction in the media is biased because it fails to show nurses’ responsibilities to the general public. Nurses are health care specialists who have acquired nursing skills during their professional training and education. Their training is governed by standardized professional standards and practices. Despite this training, the media
For instance, when the media portrays nurses as physician helpers it undermines their role. Especially since nurses are always told what do, they have no autonomy in these shows. This creates a lot of misconceptions since it is evident that people will not trust the people they have a negative attitude about. However, these prejudices are entirely incorrect because, in reality, nurses are involved in providing direct patients care and solving problems especially when the condition of the patient is critical. They also diagnose, assess and evaluate the progress of the