The image of nursing is dynamic, changing from the late 1800s to today, images are made up of individual perceptions of what is seen in the media, how it is taught nursing education and from historical data figures (Daly, Speedy, & Jackson, 2014). Historical figures primarily include Florence Nightingale and her personal sacrifice and the nurses who transformed education (Fee & Garofalo, 2010, p. 1591; Allen, 2010, p. 35). Education has made progress through strategies to improve teaching of nursing students to improve the image of nursing and obtain tertiary education (ten Hoeve, Jansen, & Roodbol, 2014, p. 304). Media and films play a key role in the image of nursing (ten Hoeve, Jansen, & Roodbol, 2014, p. 298). Individual perceptions are developed by this medium to gain a picture of what is expected from a nurse. These developed expectations result in many different public images and perceptions of the nurse as time goes by (ten Hoeve, Jansen, & Roodbol, 2014, p. 296). It tells how the public perception of nursing changed during the 19th and 20th centuries. The image of nursing began with angels with beautiful faces after artworks of nursing revealed that the Nursing was primarily revealed as a self-sacrificing occupation (Daly, Speedy, & Jackson, 2014, p. 56). This idea was recognized in the late 1800s by images of nurses caring for the sick and injured. Films have been released to reinforce this idea, such as The White Angel, an older film based on Florence Nightingale's sacrifice of a life with upper class expectations to start nursing school and care for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War ( Dieterle, 1936). After the early 1900s, other images of nursing were synthesized. The doctor's handmaid stood up about......middle of the 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.x ten 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. (2011, March 6). Nurses fired for 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-1226016507730Weaver, R., Salamonson, Y., Koch, J. and Jackson, D. (2013). Nursing on television: Student perceptions of television's role in public image, recruitment, and education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(12), 2635-2643. doi:10.1111/gen.12148