Describe efforts to build a more professional image for the nurse and the profession.
Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.
Topic 1
The textbook and lectures discussed (attached) the professional characteristics important to nursing.
- Describe three characteristics of professional nurses.
- Which one characteristic would you say is the most important and why?
Topic 2
Examine the impact that negative stereotypes have had on the nurse and the profession.
- Describe efforts to build a more professional image for the nurse and the profession.
- Identify actions that can be taken to address negative stereotypes in the medi