Fortunately, the nursing uniform has progressed over the years as well as the attitude about the nursing profession. In today’s world nurses seldom wear white, most do not even wear uniforms. The idea that nurses are bedside servants is a thing of the past; along with those white uniform dresses. Nurses have gone from being viewed as bedside servants that take orders from doctors to fast-moving, critical thinking, lifesavers. Being a nurse has always meant more to me than a white dress, it provides excellent job, opportunities, as well as an identity.
However, after instructing an agency to look for nurses on our behalf, I found that the agencies also struggled to find nurses. When they did find a suitable candidate, the nurse was in high demand from not only other Care Homes but also from the NHS. Due to this the nurse was able to be very selective regarding working hours, pay, etc and more often than not had already had several interviews arranged before I was sent their CV. Due to this, to this date, as a company, we have not managed to recruit any nurses using a recruitment agency. Recruiting from abroad also provided problems.
If not, how should it be revised? Kaiser did not have a justified employment policy at the time (1974) that this incident took place. Since then they have updated their policies and their website states in their Code of Conduct that “diversity of our employees is a tremendous asset” and we “do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind” (Kaiser Aluminum, 2014). It appears that Kaiser Aluminum is attempting to correct the sins of their past and that they have revised their employment policy. However, I conducted some more research on a career website and found that Kaiser employee’s average rating on their company was only a 3.7 out of 10 points.
Current Issues in Cultural Diversity and Hispanic Nursing Description of Issue Hispanics are the fastest-growing demographic population in the United States and yet they only make up only 5% of the nursing workforce. Hispanic nurses are often overlooked due to prejudice and are usually not appointed to positions of leadership in nursing. Many of these nurses are not returning to school to further their education beyond an Associated of Science in Nursing because they feel that regardless of their education they will remain unappointed to supervisory positions. Furthermore, there is a lack of Hispanic mentors in higher education and in nursing leadership positions consequently creating a vicious cycle. To help eliminate health care disparities, recruiting and retaining Hispanic nursing students is a necessary step.
In reality the squalid conditions and lack of qualified surgeons meant death rates in Scutari were incredibly high. Florence Nightingale herself said that she questioned it being a hospital, but more of a death camp. Source U can therefore be seen as useless propaganda which built Nightingales false image of the “angel of mercy” in the Crimea. However there are some valid points about Nightingales positive contribution to the Scutari hospital. She was extremely persistent in writing letters to the British Government at home, begging them for basic supplies such as bandages.
Multiple Sclerosis Analisa Marrie Vollmer CNA 111 Mary Leishman March 2011 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Within the United States Multiple Sclerosis is an illness that affects many people. There are several different theories as to why people have MS. There is no specific cause that we know. Multiple Sclerosis, also known as (MS), is probably one of the most common neurological diseases of the central nervous system, Nurses are now confronted with elderly multiple sclerosis patients, because of the improved therapy. There is very little known about the certain problems of these multiple sclerosis patients (Klewer, 2001).
Jonathan Kent Perspective on aging Jonathan Kent Perspective on aging Stereotype is defined as a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. The aging community is being stereotyped everyday whether it is positive or negative. The aging community is being stereotyped on social media, print Medias, and electronic Medias. Studies show that women are being underrepresented more than men. The aging population is being portrayed in the media in a positive way but most certainly in a negative way.
Oakley found that up until the 1980s pregnancy and childbirth were seen as natural processes and consequently there was less intervention from doctors. However Oakley notes that since then doctors have increasingly medicalised childbirth and pregnancy and taken control from midwives. Doctors now treat pregnant women as ‘patients’ in need of medical treatment. The body as a social construct Feminists have long argued that in modern societies the patriarchal media has pressured women to possess a certain identity and to be thin which can endanger their health by causing diseases such as eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. Mental health Chesler says labelling is done by a male dominated profession who are more susceptible to mental illnesses.
Within the pregnancy and birthing arena, midwives, which were the sole assistants in historical births were made to be portrayed as inexperienced and un-professional and were therefore blamed for the high mortality rates of both mothers and babies. However, according to Louden (2000, pg 241S), historical data shows that homebirth deliveries under midwife supervision were in actuality lowest around the 1920s to 1940s. He maintains that the high
For instance, though many parents and guardians look at advertisements as something as simple as a commercial promoting a certain industry, an adolescent may look at it as a possible change in lifestyle. Believe it or not, since its inauguration, advertising is thought by many critics to be the leading cause of health problems among our youth, ultimately causing illnesses such as eating disorders, tobacco consumption, alcohol abuse, and the misuse of prescription drugs. In this day and age, more often than not, young adults, particularly women, are influenced by the media’s standards of beauty in our culture. A long term trend in advertising is the association of certain products with extremely thin, almost skeleton-like female models, promoting a sense of “attractiveness” that young women are encouraged to imitate. When taking a closer look, it is evident that many modern day forms of fashion and cosmetics play on both the insecurities as well as low self-esteem of the individual, by promising the ideal bodily image.