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The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period
Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed people’s lifestyles by imposing social, economic, and labor changes. Health professionals have been in the spotlight, occasionally even elevated to the status of “heroes”, as they have been at the forefront of the health emergency. Media exposure has...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10536472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37755352 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13030109 |
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author | Rubbi, Ivan Lupo, Roberto Lezzi, Alessia Cremonini, Valeria Carvello, Maicol Caricato, Martina Conte, Luana Antonazzo, Marcello Caldararo, Cosimo Botti, Stefano Andretta, Vincenzo Lattarulo, Pio Vitale, Elsa |
author_facet | Rubbi, Ivan Lupo, Roberto Lezzi, Alessia Cremonini, Valeria Carvello, Maicol Caricato, Martina Conte, Luana Antonazzo, Marcello Caldararo, Cosimo Botti, Stefano Andretta, Vincenzo Lattarulo, Pio Vitale, Elsa |
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description | Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed people’s lifestyles by imposing social, economic, and labor changes. Health professionals have been in the spotlight, occasionally even elevated to the status of “heroes”, as they have been at the forefront of the health emergency. Media exposure has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in the evolution and perception of the public’s image of nurses, especially within the Italian context. Currently, there is only one study conducted in Italy during the pandemic period. For this reason, we have opted to delve further into this subject during the post-pandemic period, with the ultimate goal of identifying this perceptual evolution. Methods. An online snowball sampling survey was conducted among the Italian population using social networks between August 2022 and January 2023. The survey utilized the Nursing Attitude Questionnaire (NAQ) to collect data. Results. The sample consisted of 564 individuals. Among the respondents, 63.8% (n = 360) were familiar with the nursing pathway, and the level of agreement regarding the training of nurses was 81.5% (n = 260). In terms of recognizing the professional role of nurses, variations emerged in certain domains of the NAQ. Specifically, professional values of nurses were more pronounced in northern and central Italy (M = 26.27). Moreover, stereotypes were more prevalent in the north (23.73 ± 3.538) and the center (23.13 ± 4.104) (p = 0.001). Conclusions. The sample acknowledged a unique competence inherent to nurses that cannot be replaced by other professionals. The study population perceives the nursing profession as pivotal within the IHS (Integrated Health System). However, the attractiveness of the profession remains exceedingly low. This study was not registered on a publicly available registry. |
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spelling | pubmed-105364722023-09-29 The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period Rubbi, Ivan Lupo, Roberto Lezzi, Alessia Cremonini, Valeria Carvello, Maicol Caricato, Martina Conte, Luana Antonazzo, Marcello Caldararo, Cosimo Botti, Stefano Andretta, Vincenzo Lattarulo, Pio Vitale, Elsa Nurs Rep Article Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed people’s lifestyles by imposing social, economic, and labor changes. Health professionals have been in the spotlight, occasionally even elevated to the status of “heroes”, as they have been at the forefront of the health emergency. Media exposure has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in the evolution and perception of the public’s image of nurses, especially within the Italian context. Currently, there is only one study conducted in Italy during the pandemic period. For this reason, we have opted to delve further into this subject during the post-pandemic period, with the ultimate goal of identifying this perceptual evolution. Methods. An online snowball sampling survey was conducted among the Italian population using social networks between August 2022 and January 2023. The survey utilized the Nursing Attitude Questionnaire (NAQ) to collect data. Results. The sample consisted of 564 individuals. Among the respondents, 63.8% (n = 360) were familiar with the nursing pathway, and the level of agreement regarding the training of nurses was 81.5% (n = 260). In terms of recognizing the professional role of nurses, variations emerged in certain domains of the NAQ. Specifically, professional values of nurses were more pronounced in northern and central Italy (M = 26.27). Moreover, stereotypes were more prevalent in the north (23.73 ± 3.538) and the center (23.13 ± 4.104) (p = 0.001). Conclusions. The sample acknowledged a unique competence inherent to nurses that cannot be replaced by other professionals. The study population perceives the nursing profession as pivotal within the IHS (Integrated Health System). However, the attractiveness of the profession remains exceedingly low. This study was not registered on a publicly available registry. MDPI 2023-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10536472/ /pubmed/37755352 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13030109 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rubbi, Ivan Lupo, Roberto Lezzi, Alessia Cremonini, Valeria Carvello, Maicol Caricato, Martina Conte, Luana Antonazzo, Marcello Caldararo, Cosimo Botti, Stefano Andretta, Vincenzo Lattarulo, Pio Vitale, Elsa The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period |
title | The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period |
title_full | The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period |
title_fullStr | The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period |
title_full_unstemmed | The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period |
title_short | The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period |
title_sort | social and professional image of the nurse: results of an online snowball sampling survey among the general population in the post-pandemic period |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10536472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37755352 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13030109 |
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