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A Study of Nurse Makeup Images Preferred by College Students : Focusing on the I.R.I. image scale

With the rapid changes of modern times, there has also been change in the awareness of a new profession in nursing. Nursing has traditionally been recognized as assistance of doctors and a difficult job requiring devotion. Recently, however, it has come to be perceived as a professional occupation that makes a large contribution to the improvement of people’s health as a field of health care expertise and is drawing great attention as a promising job. Hence, it’s necessary to change the image of nursing as well as the medical service environment. The external image of a nurse could be a factor enhancing job satisfaction as a professional nursing occupation. It can also be a competitive aspect having a positive image. Therefore, this study attempted to determine the preference of nurse makeup images based on I.R.I. adjective images and to propose a makeup palette for female nurses by applying the images by preference to the I.R.I. color scheme image scale among college students, who are the medical service consumers of the future. A convenience sampling was conducted among 4-year college students using a questionnaire method. The results found the following: In general, there was a positive image regarding nurses. In terms of preferred nurse makeup images, i) natural image, ii) clear image and iii) gentle image (natural, soft and clean) were mentioned. Based on the results, this study targeted the provision of basic data for the more professional management of nurse images by proposing an empirical study on makeup for nurses. It is anticipated that these data would be available for the improvement of nurse images. There should be systematic personal image education for nurses to strengthen hospital competitiveness and give a positive image for patients along with professional medical services.