Gender and career: female and male nursing studentsâ?? perceptions of male nursing role in turkey
Neriman Akansel
Aim. The aim of this study was to determine what female and male undergraduate nursing students think of males in nursing.Method and material. Senior nursing students (n=90) at an undergraduate program in School of Health located in the Northwestern Region of Turkey were included in the study. A questionnaire was used for data collection which received a response rate of 97 %.Results. Close to half of the female nursing students (45.3 %) want to see males as staff nurses while most of the male nursing students wanted to occupy administrative or administrative/instructor positions after graduation. Female and male students’ perceptions about effects of males on image and status of nursing (p
