Handmaidens and battleaxes

Article Abstract:

Films and television programs have had a major impact on the public perception of nurses, according to a study of how nurses are presented as public figures. The UK National Film Theatre is to present a review of films which portray nurses from sex objects to monsters. Nurses are also perceived as self-sacrificing professionals who give up everything for their career, or as women who are fulfilled as nurses because they enjoy serving men.

Nurses, Portrayals, Public opinion

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Back bench driver

Article Abstract:

UK Baroness Cumberlege was a former Conservative government junior health minister and is a vice president of the Royal College of Nursing and the patron of the Association of Nurse Prescribing. Baroness Cumberlege believes the Labour government has committed a fundamental error in promising 15,000 extra nurses during 1998. She would like to see nurses have the opportunity to prescribe certain drugs by the year 2005.

Interview, Cumberlege, Julia

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'Stabbed with my own scissors'

Article Abstract:

A personal account of an attack on a health care assistant whilst working at St George's Hospital, London, is presented. The psychological effects of the stabbing, the decision to return to work and the implications for staff security are discussed.

Officials and employees, Personal narratives, Safety and security measures, Cover Story, Medical personnel, United Kingdom. National Health Service, Workplace violence, Hospitals, Public, Public hospitals

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