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Nurse-environment misfit and nursing practice.

M Takase1, E Kershaw, L Burt

  • 1School of Nursing, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. m.takase@latrobe.edu.au

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|September 14, 2001
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Nurses perceive a discrepancy between their professional image and public perception, contributing to job dissatisfaction and lower performance. Improving the public image of nursing is crucial for professional advancement.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Sociology of Professions
  • Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Societal stereotypes constrain nursing professionalization, creating a dual structure.
  • This person-environment misfit is hypothesized to cause job dissatisfaction and low performance.
  • Limited research exists on the impact of nursing image discrepancy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate nurses' perceptions of the discrepancy between public and nursing professional images.
  • To examine the relationship between this image discrepancy and nurses' self-concept, job satisfaction, and performance.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive correlational study conducted in 1999 with 80 Australian registered nurses.
  • Utilized the Porter Nursing Image Scale, Index of Work Satisfaction (IWS), and Six-Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance.

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  • Data analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation.

    • Main Results:

    • A significant discrepancy exists between nurses' and the public's perception of the nursing profession.
    • This discrepancy contributes to a nurse-environment misfit.
    • The misfit negatively correlated with nurses' job satisfaction and performance.

    Conclusions:

    • Evidence suggests improving the public image of nurses can enhance professionalization.
    • Addressing the image discrepancy may improve job satisfaction and performance.
    • Further research with larger samples is warranted.