Guidelines: You are expected to reply to two other students’ response essays and include a reference that justifies your post. Do not critic your peers work, rather give your own point of view on the topic; adding to the topic. Your reply must be at least 3 paragraphs for each student essay. The response must be 12 Times New Roman, font, APA. Below are the 2 student essays: (Taymir T.) Student essay #1 There is already a quilted trajectory in which nurses reflect on the social image; that is, how audiences perceive nurses, which already denotes a manifest interest and concern of nurses about identity and image socio-professional (Hadley, 2014). I consider that the public image does not coincide with the professional identity of these professionals; that is, the public opinion does not coincide with what the nurses are and do, which harmed the social recognition of the nurses. The current state of the public image of nurses concludes that sexism, power relations, inadequate institutional consideration, and submission relationships with other professionals are examples of some present factors that continue to influence the social image they have today. Nurses, from the identity of the past, so the public can continue to perceive that nurses are still dependent (Hadley, 2014). However, I must recognize that nurses are currently having a professional and clinical impact on the healthcare environment, making them more visible and progressively generate positive valorization and visibility of the health services offered to users of the health system. These advances around the profession nursing have progressive cleared, although slowly, the image of nurses as the caregivers of doctors and have allowed them professionally, acquired an identity of professionalism, independence and positive impact for the community (Hadley, 2018). DQ2. The three main factors that facilitate the development of nursing as a profession are the quality of services in health centers: the skills and tools that ensure quality and safety, and academic training (Harper & Maloney, 2017). First, quality is related to the skills and competencies that nurses offer quality-centered care. This factor allows nurses to demonstrate the tools that nursing as a profession enables them to develop, also, the strategies that nurses use to put all their knowledge and professional growth at the service of the community (Harper & Maloney, 2017). Second, quality and safety are the interest of all nurses, patients, and health systems. Besides, the regulatory and protective organizations of nurses and patients are added. When nurses can ensure quality and safety in the healthcare environment, they become a protection agent and defender of the integrity of the users of the healthcare system (Harper & Maloney, 2017). Finally, the training has a double advantage; First, it contextualizes nurses about the emerging paradigms of society, health, and population; second, it allows nurses' tools and skills to be specialized for the good of the community (Harper & Maloney, 2017). References: Hadley. (2018). The Public Image of Nursing. Nursing Research, 13(1). doi: 10.1097/00006199196401310-00022 Hadley, B. J. (2014). Current concepts of wellness and illness: their relevance for nursing. Image, 6(2), 21–27. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1974.tb01576.x Harper, M. G., & Maloney, P. (2017). Our Role as Advocate for the Nursing Professional Development Specialty. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 33(2), 99–101. doi: 10.1097/nnd.0000000000000332 (Rony M.) Student essay #2 Question 1: Nurses are part of the community and the society at mostly recognized nurses as a profession that provided a valuable service for the community. The society holds certain expectations to the nurses. Some people expect nurses to perform specific social functions other than medical functions. They are considered more like social workers than health professions. Thus, there remains a gap between what people think about nursing as a professional and the reality of nursing. Since the Nightingale era, nursing has been seen as an independent professional that is not equal to other medical professions (Masters, 2018). The oppressor, however, has not been the public, but rather the physician and other medical professions. One of the main reasons for this is associated with gender disparity in nursing. Women, in particular, have been the dominant gender in nursing for a long time. The implication is that most female nurse lacks confidence in dealing with conflict with other dominant medical professional dominated by men (Finkelman, 2017). Today, however, things have changed, and nurses are seen as equal to other medical professionals. The roles of nurses have always been considered inseparable from the medical professions. Perhaps the problem with current images of nursing can be associated with the media. The T.V and other media have done very little to shoes the realistic images of nursing or what the nurses do. In T.V and movies, the nurse is depicted as mere handmaiden without a say in the medical dilemma. In T.V dramas such as the Grey anatomy or the Private practice, there is very little attention to the actual role of nursing. In some of those established medical drama, nurses are almost nonexistence nonprofessionals. In these programs, nurses are routinely marginalized compared to other health care teams and in some cases, perceived as sexual objects or subservient to other dominant medical professions. To the public, this destroys the image of nursing or their role as primary caretakers. The nurse spends most of the time with the patients as compared to other health professionals, and therefore are a critical part of the patient outcome (Kemppainen, Tossavainen, & Turunen, 2013). Since television is the primary source of information to the public; a change must be made to transform the perception of the nursing profession and depict the realistic nature of the profession. Question 2: Experiences with caring role models and mentors in clinical practice and education environments have been identified as a critical factor for professional role development in nursing (Felstead & Springett, 2016). Many nursing students have reported these to be decisive factors in their ability to gain confidence as nurses. The caring culture is highly associated with educational experiences and teaching on key clinical skills and better clinical judgment. Many other social influences impact the role of development in nursing or the professionalization process. Kelman identified several stages that impact role development; this includes compliance, identification, and internalization (Masters, 2018). Compliance occurs when a person accesses the influence of another person to gain a positive response. Identification occurs when a nurse student develops attitudes of a role model and understands that such behavior will enable him to develop professionally. In particular, this stage, the nursing student tests their role, and to be independent, he or she accesses the experience of tolerance. In the last stage, professional norms are incorporated into their selfconcept. Bernet, on the other hand, identified five stages that describe role development. In particular, he identified the novice stage, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert stage (Masters, 2018). In each of these stages, education, skills, and knowledge are the key factors that facilitate role development. In every stage, the student gains knowledge and experience, and this allows the nurse to move to the next stage in the profession. Parandeh et al. (2014) also claim that culture is also an important factor in role development in nursing. In particular, the most important aspect of nursing is professional values. While these values can be gained through education, culture is the primary facilitator of professional values development. References Felstead, I. S., & Springett, K. (2016). An exploration of role model influence on adult nursing students’ professional development: A phenomenological research study. Nurse education today, 37, 66-70. Finkelman, A. (2017). Professional nursing concepts: Competencies for quality leadership. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Hoeve, Y. T., Jansen, G., & Roodbol, P. (2014). The nursing profession: public image, self‐ concept, and professional identity. A discussion paper. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(2), 295-309. Kemppainen, V., Tossavainen, K., & Turunen, H. (2013). Nurses' roles in health promotion practice: an integrative review. Health Promotion International, 28(4), 490-501. Masters, K. (2018). Role development in professional nursing practice. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Parandeh, A., Khaghanizade, M., Mohammadi, E., & Mokhtari Nouri, J. (2014). Factors influencing the development of professional values among nursing students and instructors: a systematic review. Global journal of health science, 7(2), 284–293. doi:10.5539/gjhs.v7n2p284
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