Troubling fragments and small stories: An analysis of public commentary on nursing through a web blog

Contemporary public perceptions of nursing: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the international research evidence

“…, Gillett , Van Zyl & Christofides ), social media (Kelly et al . , Hutchinson & Jackson ); literature and historical documents (Brideson et al . ).…”

“…), and instances of reported good practice that were more likely to be reported by community newspapers (Van Zyl & Christofides ), the public discourses in the media were primarily focused upon: perceptions of care failure; nurses as unprofessional (Van Zyl & Christofides ); militant; or nurses as over educated and failing to care (Miller et al . , Gillett , Hutchinson & Jackson , Van Zyl & Christofides ).…”

“…In particular, studies from the UK (Gillett , Hutchinson & Jackson ) portrayed a discourse of nursing as a ‘troubled profession’ (Girvin ). Analysis of public discourses during particular high‐profile public events, such as the transition period of nursing in the UK to the higher education sector (Gillett ) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report into hospital inspections in the UK, National Health Service (NHS) (Hutchinson & Jackson ) reflected a view that there was little that was positive in nursing. Similarly, the analysis of 1704 newspaper articles about nursing homes undertaken over a 10 year period identified very few stories that were positive (9.6%), with the majority focused upon care quality failures, financing and negligence (Miller et al .…”

“…Four employed qualitative interview or focus groups (Neilson & McNally 2010, Morris Thompson et al 2011, Lasiter & McLennon 2015, Norman 2015, the remaining studies employed qualitative analysis of published media and film. Other types of studies analysed in the review were film (Stanley 2013); websites (Boyle 2010); newspaper reports (Miller et al 2012, Gillett 2014, Van Zyl & Christofides 2014, social media (Kelly et al 2012, Hutchinson & Jackson 2014; literature and historical documents (Brideson et al 2016).…”

Promoting organisational recovery after wrongdoing: is this next challenge for nurse leaders?

“…, Peters et al . ).The initial decision to speak out is preceded by an intense emotional period, impacting individuals coping, emotional wellbeing and justice frameworks (Hutchinson & Jackson ,b). The aftermath of whistleblowing is also known to be extremely traumatising with people experiencing both short and longer‐term negative outcomes, that are both personal and professional (Jackson et al .…”