Barriers to advancing women nurses in healthcare leadership: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

Pincha Baduge, Mihirika Surangi De Silva; Garth, Belinda; Boyd, Leanne; Ward, Kylie; Joseph, Kathryn; Proimos, Jenny; Teede, Helena J.

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102354

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“…In nursing, an eminently female profession, the influence of gender on leadership has been widely studied 12 , concluding that gender stereotypes continue to be a barrier to the development of nurses’ leadership. In this profession, the influence that aspects such as age, lack of training and work environment have on the possibilities of leadership development in women has been studied 12 .…”

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Leadership and gender perspective in hospital physiotherapy units

Margelí,

Sánchez,

Andrade-Gómez

et al. 2024

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Analyze the gender stereotypes present in the leaders of the Hospital Physiotherapy Units, determine the level of acceptance of female leadership and identify which factors influence these perceptions. Observational, descriptive, exploratory and cross-sectional study. The study subjects are the census of leaders of the Physiotherapy Units of public hospitals. The measurement instruments used are the Acceptance of Female Leadership Questionnaire (ACT-LM), and the sociodemographic and job-related variables. Most of the leaders of the hospital physiotherapy units were women (69.4%) physiotherapists. Gender stereotypes emerge in the dimension of Instrumental Characteristics, with respondents not fully agreeing that women were sufficiently competitive (18.7%) or ambitious (20.8%) to be successful in the world of work. These data were influenced by gender, showing that men have a higher regard for female leadership abilities than women themselves. In the dimension of Acceptance of Female Leadership, 17.4% of those surveyed did not fully agree that women can rise to the same extent as men. Most of the leaders of the physiotherapy units in public hospitals in Spain are women, this is reversed in favor of men in highly complex hospitals. The stereotype persists, especially among women, that they do not have enough ambition and competitiveness to succeed in the world of work.

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Leadership and gender perspective in hospital physiotherapy units

Margelí,

Sánchez,

Andrade-Gómez

et al. 2024

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Exploring the Sense of Virtual Community Among Members of the Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disability (RNID) Excellence Ireland Network Facebook Group

Reidy,

Callaghan

2024

Brit J Learn Disabil

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BackgroundVirtual Communities of Practice offer opportunities to build professional support networks, encourage continuing professional development, share knowledge and promote the translation of evidence into nursing practice. The Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disability (RNID) Excellence Ireland Network is a private Facebook group aimed at promoting and maintaining the RNID's professionalism. This article explores the sense of virtual community and factors that impact the engagement of members of the RNID Excellence Ireland Network Facebook group with group activities.Materials and MethodsThe study design incorporated a cross‐sectional descriptive survey that explored the sense of virtual community and engagement factors of registered and student nurses with group activities. The questionnaire was administered to registered and student nurses in Intellectual Disability (n = 140, age range 18−65 years) in Ireland.ResultsThe majority of registered/student nurses rated their engagement with the Facebook page very highly for promoting a sense of virtual community of practice and a safe and trustworthy environment where information could be shared, questions answered and a support network developed. However, concerns about social media privacy impacted engagement with the platform for almost one‐third of participants.ConclusionSenior nurses engage with group activities, ensuring junior colleagues receive quality mentorship in the spirit of the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives. Efforts should be continued to engage students with the virtual community of practice as part of the professional practice toolkit for the RNID.

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