Jagdesh Kumar
Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan
Title: Perceptional modification of nursing profession
Biography
Biography: Jagdesh Kumar
Abstract
There is no doubt that nursing is a profession with the essential ingredients of autonomy and accountability. The recent advancement in nursing profession has change the role and responsibilities of a nurse from bed side nurse to more diverse roles like client advocate, a teacher and a researcher. With this advancement the common public perception that a nurse is just someone who assists the doctor during and after treatment is changed. The purpose of the article is to explore changes in people’s perception about nursing image. Data was collected from different database CINHAL, PUBMED, GOOGLE SCHOLAR and SCIENCEDIRECT. Key words used were nursing image, perception, professional attraction, education standard. Around 24 articles were studied and 6 were shortlisted and referenced. The results showed that nursing image has been changed and there are different factors that actually have modified this transition like advanced education and professional growth. This is turning to be a pulling factor and is attracting more and more people to this field even man. Modified teaching strategies and flexible styles are making a difference. In conclusion, there is a great positive change about nursing image in recent century as compare to past and nurses are looking forward to uplift their professional standards further.
Key words: Nursing image, perception, professional attraction, education standard.