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The paper discusses the main stereotypes about nurses, that they provide assistance to doctors and they are handmaidens. However, the paper asserts that the most damaging image of nurses is that they care while doctors cure patients. The paper explains that nurses' work of caring is viewed as an extension of 'women's work' which is related to the care of children and later to the care of elderly parents. The paper argues that these images must be eradicated because they impact on how nurses are paid, how much status they have, and also on how much authority and power they can expect.

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"Nurses generally are perceived by the public in either a completely distorted way or in a manner which is degrading. The false images that people hold are also reflected in the government which devalues nurses. The main stereotypes about nurses are that they provide assistance to doctors and they are handmaidens. However, the most damaging image of nurses is that they care while doctors cure patients. Nurses' work of caring is viewed as an extension of `women's work' which is related to the care of children and later to the care of elderly parents. These images..."

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