disc 5 (Issues and trends in nursing)

The media portray many images of nursing, some favorable and some unfavorable.

Does media portrayal of nursing affect how patients perceive nurses as authority figures? Why or why not? Think about nursing stereotypes and discuss the ways you can influence the public image of nursing.

Discuss the various roles nurses can play that support the real image of nursing. Think about community health care and preventive services for all, but especially the underserved.

• In order to receive full credit, you will need to clearly respond to both parts of the question using subtitles or bullets AND cite at least one scholarly reference in your response. se Credible and Scholarly Resources
• Since this is a course about issues and trends in nursing, we want to learn how to identify what those issues are. If you try to google sources for the discussion posts, you will not always find the correct answers.

Using the library to research articles will be helpful for this class. We want the best evidence to support our discussion posts. Support what you say with examples and connect it to the concepts we are learning and provide evidence (textbook, articles, research, etc.) to support what you are saying in initial and peer posts. 

Hint: The textbook and online presentations as well as the resources provided each week will assist you in answering the discussion prompts. It is advisable to use control F (or command F on Mac) to search for key terms if using the electronic textbook or the index for a hard copy textbook.

Answering the Initial Prompt Completely and On Time

Make sure to answer the prompt thoroughly, providing details and specifics. In order to do this, it will help you if you label each part of the prompt with a heading/question separately if applicable. 

Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities

Author: Carol J. Huston

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

Edition: 6th

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Author: American Psychological Association