The image of nursing is dynamic, changing from the late 1800s to today, images are created from individual perceptions by what is seen in the media, how nursing education and history figures (Daly, Speedy, & Jackson, 2014). Historical figures primarily include Florence Nightingale and her self-sacrifice and nurses who transformed education (Fee & Garofalo, 2010, p. 1591; Allen, 2010, p. 35). Education has advanced through improved strategies of teaching nursing students to improve the image of nursing and gain higher education (ten Hoeve, Jansen, & Roodbol, 2014, p. 304). Media and cinema play a key role in the image of nursing (ten Hoeve, Jansen and Roodbol, 2014, p. 298). Individual perceptions are developed from this medium to form an image of what is expected of a nurse. These developing expectations result in many different public images and perceptions of the nurse over time (ten Hoeve, Jansen, & Roodbol, 2014, p. 296). Discuss how public perception of nursing changed during the 19th and 20th centuries. The image of nursing began with pretty-faced angels after nursing artwork revealed that nursing was primarily a self-sacrificing profession (Daly, Speedy, & Jackson, 2014, p.56). This idea gained recognition in the late 1800s through images of nurses caring for the sick and injured. Films were released to reinforce this idea, such as The White Angel, an older film based on Florence Nightingale's sacrifice of a life of higher class expectations to start nursing school and care for soldiers wounded during the Crimean War (Dieterle, 1936). In the early 1900s, other images of nursing were synthesized. The doctor's maid stood up about...... middle of paper ......r2ev-1226868749985Stanley, DJ (2008). Celluloid Angels: A Research Study of Nurses in Feature Films 1900-2007. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(1), 84-95. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04793.x10 Hoeve, Y., Jansen, G., & Roodbol, P. (2014). The nursing profession: public image, self-concept and professional identity. A discussion paper. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(2), 295-309. doi:10.1111/jan.12177The Sunday Telegraph. (March 6, 2011). Nurses fired over horror games with patients revealed Retrieved March 30, 2014 from News.com.au: http://www.news.com.au/national/nursing-home-horrors-uncovered/story-e6frfkvr-1226016507730 Weaver, R., Salamonson, Y., Koch, J. and Jackson, D. (2013). Nursing on television: Student perceptions of the role of television in public image, recruitment and education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(12), 2635-2643. doi:10.1111/January.12148