RT Article
T1 The Devaluation of Nursing: a Position Statement
JF Nursing ethics
VO 15
IS 4
SP 549
OP 556
A1 Allan, Helen
A1 Tschudin, Verena
A1 Horton, Khim
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779446373
AB How nursing as a profession is valued may be changing and needs to be explored and understood in a global context. We draw on data from two empirical studies to illustrate our argument. The first study explored the value of nursing globally, the second investigated the experiences of overseas trained nurses recruited to work in a migrant capacity in the UK health care workforce. The indications are that nurses perceive themselves as devalued socially, and that other health care professionals do not give nursing the same status as other, socially more prestigious professions, such as medicine. Organizational and management structures within the NHS and the independent care home sector devalue overseas nurses and the contribution they make to health care. Our conclusions lead us to question the accepted sociocultural value of the global nursing workforce and its perceived contribution to global health care, and to consider two ethical frameworks from which these issues could be discussed further.
K1 value of nursing
K1 sociocultural values
K1 Respect
K1 Equity
K1 Empathy
DO 10.1177/0969733008090526