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Engelsk titel: To be in a women-dominated world. An explorative investigation of male nurses' experiences
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Författare:
Hundborg S
;
Hall EO
Email: Hundborg@email.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 31
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 03073048
Sammanfattning
For the last 50 years it has been
possible for men in Denmark to
qualify as nurses and the group of
male nurses is at present 3.2%.
The scanty literature about men
in nursing shows that they are
fond of the job but want male role
models. Nursing is connected
with the female sex and society is
apparently sceptical of male nurses.
The aim of this investigation
is therefore to describe the male
nurses´ experiences. Five informants
took part in a semi structured
qualitative research based on
interviews made in a hermeneutic
basis of understanding. The analysis
led up to the superior theme:
«To be in a female dominated
world» and the secondary themes:
«To come into and be in
conflict with the female values»,
«Male care is aquired and professional
», «Private-talk and gossip
» and finally «To be doing fine
and leave from wards with patients
who need a lot of care». The
results show that it can be difficult
to live with the dominance of
female values. The men are doing
fine with the nursing profession but
at the same time they want to make
a career. Based on the results it is
suggested that male and female
nurses must open up for their prejudices
to make it easier to understand
each other and make use of
each others´ values for the benefit
of the patient.