Image of How Nurses are Portrayed in Media Please review the article below in one page
https://www.medicalbag.com/nurse-practitioners/how-nurses-are-portrayed-in-film-and-television/article/472519/. Most nurses would agree that the media’s treatment of nursing falls short of a fair and accurate portrayal.
Image of How Nurses are Portrayed in Media Discussion
Of course, there are some serious news reports about the nature and challenges of the profession. And even the entertainment media has offered a few helpful depictions in recent years, showing nurses as troubled but skilled professionals with some autonomy. But the dominant images remain the stereotypes we find in the most popular television shows and global advertising. In these ubiquitous media products, nurses tend to be no more than submissive helpers of the physicians who do everything that matters, or else vacuous sex toys who help companies sell everything from milk to chewing gum.