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lde 4 Compare and contrast the media portrayal of nurses 10 years ago in programs such as "ER and Serubs" with current portrayals in "Mercy (2010), "HawthoRNe" and "Nurse Jackie" in tems of characteristics of a profession. 5What was your view of the image of nursing prior to admission into clinical? ew of the image of nursing changed? Explain your answer. Has your

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4. Early television shows portrayed nurses as sympathetic characters but never showed them as having any real skills. Their “doctor’s little helper” image paralleled the dominant perception of women at the time: submissive, second-class citizens to males, serving only to move the storyline along. Popular television programs such as ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs, Private Practice, and House show “physicians as gods” in charge of things. In most episodes, doctors are seen performing many critical functions that in real life are actually performed by nurses. Nurses were relegated to background roles in these dramas, often shown taking a patient’s pulse or blood pressure, setting up IVs, emptying bedpans, or dating doctors. They are the handmaidens and helpmates to the physicians who rule the day—a skewed portrait of the nursing profession to say the least. In reality , nurses are underappreciated ,works under stressful situations for long hours and are not respected for the work they do .

5. Frankly speaking when I was studying Nursing we were taught that it's a health care profession which is near by god's act and a respectful profession . But when I worked as a professional , I can to experience many situations which were disappointing for me . People don't respect us , they say cleaners have come etc etc , nevertheless the other professionals also don't respect . In the private sector the condition is worse than government sector .