Report (Ed. D.)--Teachers College. / Issued also on microfilm. Includes bibliographical references.

The public image of nurses has been of great concern to the nursing profession. This image views nursing as a female occupation with nurses having little power over their practice. Researchers claim that the stereotypical public image of nursing could constrain nursing practice. For instance, nursing skills may be under- utilised and the health care environment may not adequately reward nurses for their performance. There has also been a concern that the constraints arising from the stereotypical public image of nursing may adversely affect nurses’ work behaviour. Based on the Person-Environment-Occupation Model of Occupational Performance, the thesis examined how the public image of nurses could impact on nursing practice. The thesis also explored the person-environment (mis)fit in nursing, which is characterised as (in)congruence between nurses’ professional orientation (i.e., nurses’ self-image, role expectations and work values) and their actual practice (i.e., nurses’ perception of the image of nurses held by the public, and nurses’ perceptions of their actual roles and the rewards available to them in practice). In addition, the thesis investigated the factors that could moderate nurses’ perception of the person-environment fit, and how this fit could impact on their job performance and turnover intention. (For complete abstract open document)

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 293-314).

Thesis (M. N.) (Hons.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003. / A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing (Honours), Faculty of Nursing and Community Health, Department of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, February, 2003. Bibliography : leaves 190-205.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Clinical Nursing, 2004. / "April, 2004." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Dr. P.H.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-230).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed 11 February 2009). Includes tables and questionnaires. Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Behavioural and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc. Anthropology)--University of Waikato, 2008. / Title from PDF cover (viewed October 3, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92)

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1978.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1975.