Lack of awareness of nursing as a career choice for men: A qualitative descriptive study

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dc.citation.issue12
dc.citation.volume78
dc.contributor.authorGuy M
dc.contributor.authorHughes K-A
dc.contributor.authorFerris-Day P
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-14T01:12:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T01:41:12Z
dc.date.available2022-07-31
dc.date.available2023-08-14T01:12:08Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T01:41:12Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.date.updated2023-08-14T00:17:51Z
dc.description.abstractAims: This research aimed to identify the factors that impact why men do not view nursing as a career choice. Design: Qualitative description was utilized to capture the rich narratives and insight of participants. Methods: Through convenience sampling, nine New Zealand qualified male nurses within their first three years of practice were recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between November 2019 and January 2020 via zoom from sites across New Zealand. All interviews were recorded and transcribed, with the data analysed using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis. Results: The findings reflected the experiences of the research participants as they made sense of a predominantly female-dominated work environment both during their undergraduate training and prior to recruitment. The research identified two key themes: The first found that men in nursing experienced isolation due to the societal gendering of nursing influencing the participant's knowledge and understanding of what nursing was, as a career. The second theme found that for participants, nursing was not prominent in their awareness when leaving school and making career choices. Conclusion: This research indicates that nursing as a career choice for men is still underpinned by a lack of understanding of the actual role of the nurse and what nurses do, and is more supported by a societal perception that nursing is still a feminized profession. Findings can be used to make recommendations for change in the profession to strengthen diversity in the workforce and redefine the recruitment of men into nursing. Impact: This research reviewed the career choices of men in nursing and why they chose nursing as a profession. Understanding the barriers of why men do not consider nursing as a career choice assists with finding strategies in both the clinical and academic environments that can enable greater gender diversity within the nursing profession. No patient or public contribution: This applies to this research as the focus was on male registered nurses only.
dc.format.extent4190-4198
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35909094
dc.identifier.citationGuy M, Hughes K-A, Ferris-Day P. (2022). Lack of awareness of nursing as a career choice for men: A qualitative descriptive study.. J Adv Nurs. 78. 12. (pp. 4190-4198).
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jan.15402
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2648
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0309-2402
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/19935
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
dc.relation.isPartOfJ Adv Nurs
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0en_US
dc.rights© 2022 The Authors.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectacademic qualitative descriptive
dc.subjectclinical and academic environments
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectmale nurses
dc.subjectmale nursing student
dc.subjectmale student nurses
dc.subjectmen in nursing
dc.subjectnurses
dc.subjectqualitative approaches
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectCareer Choice
dc.subjectQualitative Research
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectWorkforce
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.titleLack of awareness of nursing as a career choice for men: A qualitative descriptive study
dc.typeJournal article
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