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Sjuksköterskestudenters attityder till at ta emot vård av en manlig eller kvinnlig sjuksköterska
Engelsk titel: Student nurses' attitude regarding being cared for by a male or female nurse Läs online Författare: Persson L ; Svedlund M ; Lindqvist T Språk: Swe Antal referenser: 12 Dokumenttyp: Artikel UI-nummer: 07043291

Tidskrift

Vård i Norden 2007;27(1)4-8,14 ISSN 0107-4083 E-ISSN 1890-4238 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

Research has indicated that patients prefer to be cared for by a nurse of the same sex, particularly in intimate care. This could mean that patients are often cared for by a nurse who causes them embarrassment. In order to better understand patients’ preference for female or male nurses it may be useful for student nurses to be aware of their personal attitude regarding being cared for by a man or a woman. The aim of this study was to illuminate if student nurses’ sexual orientation influenced their personal preference for male or female nurses. Purposive sampling was used to find out if their attitude regarding preference had to do with age or other experiences. An investigation pertaining to this and answered by 269 students, has been carried out among student nurses. The result shows that women opted for a nurse of the same sex, while men did not find the nurse’s sex important. This could mean that patients’ preference for a nurse of the same sex depends on if they personally feel embarrassed about being cared for by a nurse of the opposite sex, or if indeed they had taken for granted that the nurse would be a woman.