Nurses' Professional Image: Levels Determination and Ideas for Strengthening during Covid-19 Pandemic: Descriptive Study.
Background: Nurses are effective in changing the negative perceptions of society about the profession. Hence, it is important to determine the professional image levels of nurses and to determine their ideas for strengthening their professional image levels. Purpose: This study was carried out to de...
| Published in: | Africa Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 1 - 15 |
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Unisa Press
2023
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