Nurse's Image Perceived by Elementary, Middle and High School Students

A Study of Nurses' Internal, External, and Social Images as Perceived by College Students in South Korea

“…This outcome appears to be attributed to the fact that seniors are more aware of substantial job characteristics when compared to lower grade level students who recognize the general images of nurses by having more opportunities to explore employment-related professions themselves. Our findings were comparable to previous studies in which the internal image of nurses was lower as the grade level became higher (Jo & Ji, 2004;Kim, 2014;Kim & Kang, 2013).…”

“…There are limitations in directly comparing our study results with the findings of previous studies due to the differing characteristics of the subjects and the assessment tools used. Nevertheless, the score of this research was lower than 3.66 in a study on elementary, junior high, and high school students (Kim & Kang, 2013), and 3.66 in a study on nursing and general college students (Jeun, No, Ryou, Oh, & Park, 2015), but slightly higher than 3.29 in a study on ordinary people and patients (Kim, 2002) and 3.36 in a study on junior high and high school students (Lee & Kim, 2016). These outcomes support previous studies recommending that the internal image of nurses is perceived differently depending on the age and characteristics of the subjects Yom, Kim, Son, Lee, & Kim, 2015).…”

Keyword network analysis of changes in the image of nurses pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 in the media environment

“…This is a positive impact through articles featuring nurses devotedly fighting while putting bandages and bandages on their faces at the forefront of quarantine in the COVID‐19 situation, and articles expressing the sense of duty, sense of mission and spirit of service of nurses sweating in protective clothing. Previously, as a result of examining the image of nurses targeting elementary, middle and high school students, it was confirmed that as the grade level increased, the image of nurses became more negative (Kim & Kang, 2013). In addition, as for the image of nurses by domain, the scores of social image measurement items such as ‘nurses have a high social status’, ‘nurses take care of patients independently’ and ‘nurses are highly respected’ showed low scores.…”

“…In the list of desired occupations, nurses ranked 8th among middle school students and 2nd among high school students (Dailypharm, 2021). As such, the image of a nurse is not fixed, but changes and is newly created by experiences and received information (Kim & Kang, 2013). Adolescents who have easy access to various media can have a positive effect on the image of nurses through media acquisition of information related to nurses (Kim & Kang, 2013).…”

“…As such, the image of a nurse is not fixed, but changes and is newly created by experiences and received information (Kim & Kang, 2013). Adolescents who have easy access to various media can have a positive effect on the image of nurses through media acquisition of information related to nurses (Kim & Kang, 2013). In particular, the more positive the content covered by the media, the more it will affect the future career choices of young people.…”