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Nurs Forum
; 40(4): 141-4, 2005.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16371125
RESUMO
The purpose of this paper is to create a debate on whether the name "nursing" has any influence on how the nursing profession is perceived today by other healthcare professionals and the general public the nursing profession serves. A quantum leap is being suggested by the authors, as only a paradigm shift could change the world's mindset on nursing and its recognition as a profession. A change in name is what the authors see as a way of changing the unflattering perception of nurses and enhancing its status to the level of respectability of other healthcare professions.