Presented to : Miss Maria Farooq

Presented by : Harram Aneeqa

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCES

HONOR OR DISGRACE??

• Nursing is a major component of Pakistan's health-care system

• As of 2009, it has been the subject of much scholarly discussion amongst academics and practitioners

• Pakistan is a third-world developing country and is a patriarchal society

SCENARIO

• It holds absolutely no prestigious value

• Most of the time, nursing is not allowed to be a career option for many middle and upper-class families

• If you are a doctor, you will get respect and status, as a nurse you will not

• Such view of nursing has caused huge shortage of nurses

DOUBLE BINDS SUPPRESSION

Not accepted from family

Not accepted in work environment

MEDIA ROLES

• The highly acclaimed feature film M*A*S*H released in 1970,ran for 11 years

• M*A*S*H followed the daily trials of doctors working in a mobile Army surgical hospital close to enemy lines during the Korean War

• One of the show's most colorful characters was Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, an army nurse

• In 2009, Showtime premiered Nurse Jackie (Edie Falco)

• Jackie is a dark character full of flaws

• We see her committing various felonies

• In 1975, the classic motion picture One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest hit the silver screen

• Winning the Academy Award for Best Picture

• The movie featured an unforgettable character, cruel Nurse Ratched, who tormented the mental patients under her care

CONCLUSION

• In Pakistan, nursing will always be considered a lowly profession until the society gives it the respect it deserves

• For that change to become a reality, there desperately needs to be a cultural shift in people’s thinking