The social prestige of nursing profession in our society

Author: Petra Hrdinová Institution: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of medicine in Hradec Králové Institute of social nursing Department of nursing Title of thesis: The Social prestige of nursing profession in our society Thesis's Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Kutnohorská Jana, CSc. Number of pages: 100 Number of attachments: 2 Thesis defence: 2012 Key words: prestige, general nurse profession, social scale, education of nurses Bachelor's thesis is concerned with opinion of general nurses on the prestige of their profession in our society. The theoretical part is focused on development of nursing in its history, role and personality of the nurse, her cooperation with a doctor, professional association of nurses, registration of nurses and related lifelong education. The research is made up by a quantitative study which is concerned with a viewing of nurses on prestige of nursing profession and by opinion what could help the profession in the society. The research was done with nurses with a different types of finished education, working on a different job positions