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Perceptions of Nurses' Uniforms
Author(s) -
Mangum Sandra,
Garrison Carolyn,
Lind Charlene,
Thackeray Renee,
Wyatt Marla
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1991.tb00656.x
Subject(s) - nursing , variety (cybernetics) , perception , scale (ratio) , psychology , medicine , geography , cartography , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science
Patients (N=100), nurses (N=30), and administrators (N=15) in a regional medical center were surveyed about the professional image inherent in different styles of nurses' uniform. The Nurse Image Scale (NIS) was used as the data‐gathering tool with pictures of the same nurse in a variety of uniforms. Results showed that patients rated some uniforms significantly differently for professional image than did nurses and administrators. There was general agreement among all respondents on the nurse they would most like to have care for them (dress with stethoscope) and the nurse they would least like to have care for them (white pants with colored top).