Male Nurses in Israel: Barriers, Motivation, and How They Are Perceived by Nursing Students

The educational issues of male nursing workforce from the perspective of male nursing students: a qualitative study from Turkey

“…In the studies, it is reported that the difficulties experienced by students during care and touching the patient cause lack of motivation, adverse effects in their profession, anticipatory anxiety, feeling of isolation and alienation. 22,23,[29][30][31]39,40 A typical finding of the current study was the opinion of a student supporting sex-discrimination, and remarks of two students" thoughts of being ashamed and committing a sin when giving services to female patients. It is obvious that more effort should be made to prevent gender discrimination in Turkey having preserved traditional social characteristics in a great amount and with a tendency to become conservative in recent years.…”

“…Compared to the female nurses, the male nurses are not efficiently taking part in caring patients and they feel that they should meet the expectations of the patients and female colleagues. 29,31,40,42 First one is that, like in the other quantitative studies, the findings obtained in this study cannot be generalized. However, the study provided comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the perceptions and experiences of male students about their educational process.…”

“…Numerous studies point out low status and powerlessness of the nursing. [25][26][27][28][29][30][31] The main reason behind the low status, the powerlessness and the vulnerability of the nursing in the health organization as much as in the community is its reputation as a woman"s work. 32 In historical course, the female culture shaped in the societies moved to another dimension in which the value of woman and her work became worthless with the introduction of the capitalist economic system.…”

“…That the male nurses do not gain enough knowledge and skills about services such as care before and after delivery and family planning, which are among the basic health services, or that they are not able to have a chance to practice their knowledge possesses a substantive problem in terms of quality and quantity of the services given at all levels of health organization. 29 Besides, some studies show that male nurses have psychosocial problems based on gender discrimination. In the studies, it is reported that the difficulties experienced by students during care and touching the patient cause lack of motivation, adverse effects in their profession, anticipatory anxiety, feeling of isolation and alienation.…”

Northern Ghana final-year nurses’ attitudes towards nursing and remaining post qualification

“…There is an increase in the number of male students joining nursing in Ghana with a ratio of 60% female to 40% male students (Lievens et al 2011 :16), where nursing is perceived as a suitable profession for both men and women (Ofori 2007 :24). Ghanaian perceptions are unlike the more general perception that nursing is a career choice for women (Ashkenazi et al 2017 :166; Buthelezi et al 2015 :4; Zamanzadeh et al 2013 :51). The respondents’ agreement that nursing is not predominantly for women reflects Ghana’s non-stigmatising approach in terms of societal views on gender and nursing and the close ratio of male to female nurses (Lievens et al 2011 :16).…”