title: Constrained by impossible ideals.
abstract: The nursing profession is rife with impossible ideals that nurses struggle to reconcile, argues the author. The result is a widespread sense of victimisation and powerlessness.
authors.affiliation: Middlesex University.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traynor
mesh_terms: D017144:Focus Groups; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom