Much has changed since 1972, but how many traditional values in nursing still remain. Read the following excerpt and see what you think.

Nursing has traditionally been a female profession. Personality profiles of nurses in general gave a marked traditional female picture - dependent, succorant, high in religious orientation, advocators of the status quo, more interest in serving than in economic gains, and highly orientated to being submissive to those in authority (Muklenkamp and Parsons, 1972, Journal of Vocational Behavior, p.273).