You are told that the profession of nursing needs to abandon its image of nurses as angels and promote an image of nurses as competent professionals who are both knowledgeable and caring. Review this...

You are told that the profession of nursing needs to abandon its image of nurses as angels and promote an image of nurses as competent professionals who are both knowledgeable and caring.


Review this




article

: Rhodes, M., Morris, A., & Lazenby, R. (2011, May). Nursing at its best: Competent and caring.


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ries/ ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN /TableofContents/Vol-16-2011/No2-May-2011 /Articles-Previous-Topics/Nursing-at-its-Best. html. Debate this issue in class.

Analyze a television program that focuses on a healthcare situation/story line. How are nurses depicted compared with other healthcare professionals? Compose a letter to the program describing your analysis, and document your arguments to support your viewpoint. This could be done with a team of students; watch the same program and then discuss opinions and observations.