A Look At The Word Nurse - 1917 Words

Take a look at the word â€Å"Nurse.† What comes to mind when the subject comes up in conversation? Do you imagine a healthcare professional who holds themselves to a high standard of providing optimal patient care? Or do you find that your image of a nurse is something different entirely? If you find yourself in the latter category you are not alone. Over the years the media has consistently presented a different definition of a nurse, one that has completely skewed the way that nurses are seen. A simple Google search of the word â€Å"nurse† proves this point. One of the first images that shows up on Google is of a woman wearing a skimpy, skin-tight dress, fishnet stockings, high heels, with a stethoscope draped around her neck, the image titled†¦show more content†¦As sexual harassment among the nursing population becomes more of an issue, this could be a possible contributing factor to why this type of violence is becoming more prevalent. As the public†™s view of nursing and nurses becomes skewed, behavior that was previously seen as wrong could now be seen somewhat acceptable. This paper will explore the prevalence and effects of sexual harassment, and will describe a possible plan of action to help decrease these uncomfortable and unwanted advances. With the changing image of nurses may, unfortunately, come with a change of behavior directed toward them from others, including behavior of a sexual nature. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EECO, defines sexual harassment as: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, or submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment (IANWGE, 2013). Sexual harassment in the workplace has been forced into the spotlight recently,