The Public Nursing Image as Perceived by Nurses and Citizens: A Questionnaire Survey.
| Autor: | Maliheh, Nekouei Marvi Langari, Ashraf, Abdollahi, Hamid, Heidarian Miri, Taghi, Shakeri Mohammad, Fatemeh, Heshmati Nabavi |
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| Předmět: |
OCCUPATIONAL prestige
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test NURSES' attitudes ACADEMIC medical centers WORK CROSS-sectional method MANN Whitney U Test NURSING career counseling SURVEYS STEREOTYPES HOSPITAL nursing staff JOB satisfaction EXPERIENTIAL learning QUESTIONNAIRES SCALE analysis (Psychology) RESEARCH funding DESCRIPTIVE statistics PUBLIC hospitals EMOTIONS DATA analysis software PROPRIETARY hospitals CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) STATISTICAL sampling STATISTICAL correlation PUBLIC opinion |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Caring Sciences; Sep-Dec2020, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p1611-1620, 10p, 4 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The public nursing image is influenced by stereotypes, culture, mass media and even the nurses' perception of their own image in the society. Nursing shortage, turnover, and sexism are threatening the nursing profession. Hence, it is crucial to evaluate and compare the perceived public nursing image of nurses and public as they both contribute to the formation and improvement of the public nursing image. Aim: to describe and compare the perspectives of both urban citizens and nurses on the public nursing image. In addition, investigating the association between the perceived public nursing image of nurses with their passion for work, job satisfaction and work experience. Method: A questionnaire survey study was performed for the sample consists of urban citizens (n = 1100) and nurses (n = 520) working in six teaching hospitals. Citizens were recruited with a two-stage cluster sampling and stratified sampling method was used for nurses. The validated Porter Nursing Image Scale (PNIS) consisting of 30 paired items on a seven-point Likert scale was used. The score range was between -90 and +90. Data was analyzed with SPSS 19.0 software. Result: Citizens and nurses' perceptions of the public nursing image were relatively low. Nevertheless, the nurses' perception of the public nursing image was higher than citizens. Among nurses, the higher public nursing image was found positively correlated with passion for the nursing profession, job satisfaction and work experience. Conclusion: Nursing profession has been developed rapidly in the past years, but not the public nursing image. Not only elevating working condition, education and number of nurses in management positions will help but also highlighting the role of nurses via mass media may contribute in promoting the contemporary public nursing image and nurse's job satisfaction consequently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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