Cherry Chapter 2- The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

Nursing is portrayed in many ways in paintings, statues, novels, magazines, television, movies, and are seen as saints or sinners, powerful or powerless, admired or ignored. - Image of Nursing Nurses as being overbearing, sexual, and incompetent - Inaccurate Portrayals Nurses make up ____ of the health professional workforce - 40% Nurses are considered the the ____ that binds the health care of many into a more seamless experience for the patient. - Glue When patients seek health care in a hospital, they are entrusting their life and well-being to the one person who has 24/7 direct responsibility for their care and their environment, which is who? - RN The RN will always be new to a patient because the nurses change every ___ to ___ hours. - 8 to 12 According to the US Bureau of Labor, the employment rate of RNs has one of the _____ growth rates of employment of all occupations. - Highest With an employment rate expected to increase by more than _____, nursing is projected to grow faster than the average of all occupations until 2010. - 23% However, by 2020 the United States is projected to have only ____ of the RN workforce required to meet the demand. - 64% The number of foreign nurse graduates, who become licensed in the US is ______. - Too small To begin to address the nursing shortage, ______ signed the Nurse Reinvestment Act into law in Aug. 2002. - President George W. Bush This act was funded at $20 million to provide nursing scholarships, public service announcements promoting nursing as a career, faculty loan cancellation programs, geriatric training grants, and nurse retention and safety enhancement grants. - Nurse Reinvestment Act Found within art and literature is the eternal question asked by those who know they will one day require nursing care, "________?" - Can I trust and entrust my life to this nurse