In the mid-twentieth century, as the feminist movement started, poor images of nursing flooded the public. Nurses who were ruthless and uncaring were called, “battleaxes” (Hallam). A specific nurse the public relates an insensitive nurse to is, Nurse Ratched, from the Ken Kesey’s book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Nurse Ratched, a tyrant and heartless nurse, increased the amount of nursing stereotypes the public believed. Due to the callous behavior of Nurse Ratched, the public thought all nurses were coldhearted and treated patients with
In the mid-twentieth century, as the feminist movement started, poor images of nursing flooded the public. Nurses who were ruthless and uncaring were called, “battleaxes” (Hallam). A specific nurse the public relates an insensitive nurse to is, Nurse Ratched, from the Ken Kesey’s book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Nurse Ratched, a tyrant and heartless nurse, increased the amount of nursing stereotypes the public believed. Due to the callous behavior of Nurse Ratched, the public thought all nurses were coldhearted and treated patients with