Social Image of Nursing. An Integrative Review about a Yet Unknown Profession

• Published in: Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 460 - 474
• Main Authors: López-Verdugo, Macarena, Ponce-Blandón, Jose Antonio, López-Narbona, Francisco Javier, Romero-Castillo, Rocío, Guerra-Martín, María Dolores
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07.06.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Communication; Critical thinking; Nurses; nursing; Nursing care; nursing image; Population; Professions; public image; Review; Society; Stereotypes; Spain; public image; nursing image; nursing

Background: Nursing is a discipline on which stereotypes have persisted throughout its history, considering itself a feminine profession and subordinated to the medical figure, without its own field of competence. All this leads to an image of the Nursing Profession that moves away from reality, con...