Nursing is a profession that has long been troubled with its public image. The populace has a stereotyped position of nursing, in which nurses may be regarded as less intelligent than physicians, dependant on physicians, powerless and underpaid ( Takase, Maude, & A ; Manias, 2006 ) . Despite, the quickly altering in the paradigm in the function of the nurse in today ‘s universe the perceptual experiences have been imitated largely from the historical roots of nursing. Similarly, the same image and perceptual experiences I experienced during the beforehand clinical spatial property practicum at one of the infirmary of south Asia Middle East Muslim where I got the chance to work at besides and interact with nurses working at that place. During the interaction and conversation I came to cognize that most of the nurses were making their farther medical surveies to go a physician. Although, nurses used to be in the bulk so other wellness attention professionals, but their function and value has non been recognized so far. The grounds shared by the nurses to go physician were the image of nursing in the part, low salary graduated table and the most of import is the regard of nursing profession in the society is non really good recognized comparison to the doctors forced them to go forth nursing profession. The ground they join nursing was that, there was no other option where they can acquire the employment and when they become a nurses they realized that the pick was non wise as they were being hired in a really low salary graduated table. Even in the infirmary patients besides call nurses a physician which shows that they does non cognize that nurses besides exists in the infirmary.
The scenario is non really surprising for me, since the same job a low image of nursing profession exists in the part of Pakistan besides, but the strength is less compared to other south Asiatic states such as Afghanistan. This reflects that yet nursing is non really good recognized in the many parts of the Earth. Looking at the scenario, it was really hard to accept that still nursing is confronting such sort of stereotype position in the society even after the unbelievable development and high range of nursing in the international market. If I would compare my experience of working in a well-established apparatus of AKUH it was really disconcerting that we nurses are still endeavoring for our endurance and acceptableness in the society, where I as nurse worked really independently and confidently so doctor. Even looking at the nurses working in the part of Afghanistan are really dependent on doctor ‘s counsel for patient attention. Besides this, I besides found that the portion of their nursing actions, presence and component of attention was losing at the bedside.
This scenario is invariably upseting me that, why nurses even after the long association with the nursing profession wants to alter their path to physician? Why they are non acknowledging their ain importance since the organisation is working hard to upgrade nursing profession and preparation of their bing nurses? Furthermore, the leading was cognizant that most of the bing nurses are traveling for the medical instruction so, why organisation did non took notice of this of import issue and did non make something which holds them in the profession? Why society in the part of Afghanistan does non recognized the attention givers ( nurses ) in the changeless state of affairs of war and where they truly need assisting manus to take attention of them. Besides this, it is besides of import that how nurses interpret their public image and this will reflects in their actions and satisfaction for the nursing occupation. What is the function of nursing leaders in the state of affairs where people are non ready to remain in nursing profession?
On analysing the scenario I would state may be nursing is a new and turning profession particularly in the part of Afghanistan which will take clip to acquire acknowledgment. May be nurses have non upgraded themselves or failed to derive trust by the organisation or doctors in attention of patient. Since many old ages nurses are working in the organisation, but they themselves have non recognized as valued wellness attention professionals and understand their function in patients attention. Furthermore, sometimes stereotype position of society besides one of the factors for demotivation. In my sentiment it could be due to miss of cognition and consciousness of our impact as nurse on others and in the development of ego. Since nurses at FMIC are really much dependant on doctor ‘s orders and this could be the demotivating factor as they unable to work independently.
Social stereotype is besides really much evident in the literature such as historically nurses used to be called as ministering angel, battaleaxe matron and the sex symbol ( Bridges, 1990 ) . Furthermore, the public position or perceptual experiences for nurses or nursing is most of the clip based on their personal experiences and later this generalized to overall perceptual experiences ( Jones & A ; Bartlett ) . Besides this, media has portrayed a really negative image and perceptual experience which for nurses. This negative feeling and perceptual experience leads to diminish nurse ‘s self-pride which straight impact on their public presentation clinical scene ( Takase, Maude, & A ; Manias, 2006 ) . Similarly, the nurses working at FMIC are non really much motivated to go on their nursing profession instead they merely follow doctor ‘s program and experience they did their attention. The negative feeling and stereotype besides leads to nurses ‘ deficit in the Earth, as people are non really motivated to fall in the profession which is truly stigmatized. Personally, while bringing a session on nursing importance and asked pupil to fall in nursing, they does non seemed to be interested really much motivated to fall in nursing instead they wanted to be a doctors.
In order to get the better of with the negative perceptual experience and image foremost of all nurses demands to understand their value as an indispensable portion of an wellness attention professional which greatly influence on better and positive result in patient ‘s recovery. Nurses demands to recognize that their presence truly brings a alteration non merely in direct patient attention, but will besides act upon and heighten their self-esteem and wellbeing of the community. Nurses demands to project themselves as professional in the patient attention and demand to heighten and upgrade their competences in the kineticss of nursing. Nurse leader demands to play major function in elating nurses ‘ image through authorising novice nurses in the country of cognition and competency ( Jacobs-Summers & A ; Jacobs-Summers, 2011 ) . Furthermore, nurses demands to accept the challenge of negative image and perceptual experience and needs to better through their action in the patient attention when patient and households direct interacts with them. Nurses ‘ undertaking and map is beyond doctors ‘ order. Besides sides, best bedside nursing attention and communicating, it of import to project existent nursing, roles map and importance at the national and international degree. Although, now nursing is non limited to one part but present nursing nurses ‘ representation and function mold is imperative to act upon new comers to understand its of import in the wellbeing of patients, households, communities and every bit good as for ego upliftment. Particularly the part like Afghanistan which confronting a state of affairs of war nurses can turn out themselves in spread outing their attention degree. Media can besides play a major function through their paradigm displacement and demo the opposite facet ( positive ) which they have non done earlier.