Rebekah Dubrosky1. 1. College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To explore Iris Young's Five Faces of Oppression as a framework for understanding oppression of nurses. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing's gendered status is implicated in nursing's status as a profession. Young's framework clearly lays out the ways in which nurses are oppressed in today's healthcare system. PRACTICE IMPLICATION: Understanding the structure of nursing's oppression allows nursing to begin to formulate a thoughtful response to oppression and helps nursing find its voice in the larger world of the healthcare system.
PURPOSE: To explore Iris Young's Five Faces of Oppression as a framework for understanding oppression of nurses. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing's gendered status is implicated in nursing's status as a profession. Young's framework clearly lays out the ways in which nurses are oppressed in today's healthcare system. PRACTICE IMPLICATION: Understanding the structure of nursing's oppression allows nursing to begin to formulate a thoughtful response to oppression and helps nursing find its voice in the larger world of the healthcare system.