Men in Nursing

Men in Nursing

The December issue of Nursing and Midwifery Studies Journal contains an interesting article about factors influencing men entering the nursing profession, and provides an understanding of the challenges they face. The authors believe that although the number of men entering the nursing profession is on the rise, yet there are still many challenges in front of our male colleagues in this female ...

men in nursing

Nursing for Men

secondary modern schools. ^ The value of the man in all fields of nursing has for too long been overl?? j nursing being regarded widely as a woman's province. This book, however, g0^; long way in helping to create a public image of the man serving equally well profession. In this connection, it is a pity that it failed to give credit, to the j?<)l for instituting training in the psychiatric fie...

Men student nurses: the nursing education experience.

PURPOSE This study explored the phenomenon of being a male in a predominately female-concentrated undergraduate baccalaureate nursing program. BACKGROUND Men remain a minority within the nursing profession. Nursing scholars have recommended that the profile of nursing needs to change to meet the diversity of the changing population, and the shortfall of the worldwide nursing shortage. However...

Men in Nursing: Their Influence in a Female Dominated Career

An analysis performed by Staiger, Auerback, and Buerhaus (2012) on the RN workforce model suggests that between 2010 and 2015 there will be a decrease in the RN's employment as the economy improves and the baby boomer population retires. This article centers on the road blocks men face in nursing education, clinical experiences, job preferences in a female dominated career, and how nursing scho...