NRS 430 Topic 2 DQ 2 

NRS 430 Topic 2 DQ 2 

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NRS 430 Topic 2 DQ 2 

NRS 430 TOPIC 2 DQ 24 

Nursing is one of the most important specialties in the healthcare system.  From the public perception, nursing involves caring for people indeed regardless of the personal, environmental, racial, color, and socioeconomic status.  The public sees nursing as a profession that requires knowledge to handle patients in the right way. Furthermore, the public has not appreciated the good job done by nurses across the globe (Rubbi et al., 2017). They perceive a nurse as just someone who assists the clinicians and physicians. Nurses are known to help patients keep up personal hygiene, dressing wounds, and administer medications as prescribed by the doctor. Furthermore, nurses are perceived by the public as medical professionals who have received little education compared to doctors and clinicians. 

Certain factors have influenced the public perception of nursing, for instance, the nursing curriculum has greatly contributed to this issue. The nursing curriculum restricts nurses to work under the instruction of a collaborating physician (Rubbi et al., 2017). Nurses only perform what doctors recommend. Another factor is inadequate knowledge among the general population regarding nursing. People do not understand that nursing is broad and that it is a distinguished profession. The training received by nurses is not insufficient as one might think. There are some things done by nurses that cannot be performed by clinicians and vice versa.  

The best way to change public perception of nursing is through education. The public must be educated about the roles and scope of nursing to enhance their knowledge. Different ways can be used to educate the public including the use of social media, billboards, community leaders and community health workers, and hospital-based education (Rubbi et al., 2017). Patients may hold brief lessons regarding nursing roles when they attend a healthcare facility. Social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and TVs can be used. Billboards that reflect the importance of nurses and their knowledge can be even more helpful.  

References 

Rubbi, I., Cremonini, V., Artioli, G., Lenzini, A., Talenti, I., Caponnetto, V., … & Lancia, L. (2017). The public perception of nurses. An Italian cross-sectional study. Acta bio-medica: Atenei Parmensis, 88(Suppl 5), 31. doi: 10.23750/abm.v88i5-S.6884. 

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