Lehna C, Pfoutz S, Peterson T G, Degner K, Grubaugh K, Lorenz L, Mastropietro S, Rogers L S, Schoettle B, Seck L L
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing Galveston 77555-1029, USA.
J Prof Nurs. 1999 May-Jun;15(3):192-9. doi: 10.1016/s8755-7223(99)80041-6.
The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore the effect that current nursing attire has on the image of the nursing profession. A number of nurses and a nonnurse were interviewed to determine how attire affected their perception of today's nurses. The two research questions were as follows: (1) is the changing dress of nurses projecting a negative image to the public? and (2) What components of a nurse's apparel indicate professionalism? Content analysis was performed on transcriptions from the tape-recorded responses of a purposeful sample of health care workers: 12 registered nurses, 1 bachelor of nursing student, and 1 layperson. The responses for the first research question were not directly addressed by the participants. However, one overall theme emerged, which was labeled "I can't tell you what it is, but I know it when I see it." The main theme that emerged for the second research question was labeled "total package," with role identification and competency being related themes. As a result of this research, nursing administrators and other health care professionals could gain an understanding of the importance of nursing attire as an indicator of nursing professionalism. Future research needs to examine the same research questions with health care consumers in a variety of acute and community-based health care settings.
这项定性研究的目的是探讨当前护士着装对护理职业形象的影响。研究人员采访了多名护士和一名非护士人员，以确定着装如何影响他们对当今护士的看法。两个研究问题如下：（1）护士着装的变化是否给公众留下负面印象？（2）护士服装的哪些元素体现专业性？对来自有目的抽样的医护人员（12名注册护士、1名护理学学士学生和1名外行人）的录音回复转录本进行了内容分析。参与者没有直接回答第一个研究问题。然而，出现了一个总体主题，即“我说不清是什么，但我看到时就知道”。第二个研究问题出现的主要主题被标记为“整体形象”，角色识别和能力是相关主题。这项研究的结果是，护理管理人员和其他医疗保健专业人员可以了解护士着装作为护理专业性指标的重要性。未来的研究需要在各种急性病和社区医疗保健环境中，与医疗保健消费者一起研究相同的研究问题。
