Masculinity In Nursing

Although the number of men entering the nursing profession has increased word wide, (Madoka et al, 2006) and most western countries have men working in nursing jobs, they usually constitute a minority, (Streubert, 1994). This imbalance actually was due to historical and cultural rational. For example; Florence Nightingale believed that nursing was a natural extension of women and motherhood, and she believed that all women were nurses and men were not capable of being nurses and thus were not allowed to enroll in nursing education \ training, (Eswi El Sayed, 2011), therefore men were purposefully excluded from entering the profession, (Evans, 2004; Mackintosh, 1997).
The social context of men entering the profession of nursing has evolved from
A purposive convenience sample of 32 women who give birth to normal newborn were interviewed about how they would feel or had felt if a male nursing student examined them particularly in the recovery and postpartum setting. Approximately half of the women described the idea of being cared for by a male nurse “uncomfortable” many participants believed that their permission, as should be obtained before being assigned to a male nursing student.
Patterson and Morin, (2002) conducted a phenomenological study to assess the experience of 8 male student nurses who had completed their maternal child rotation. Three themes were emerged: preconception about the maternal child rotation, enduring the clinical experience and surviving the clinical rotation students began their rotation with mixed feelings as anxiety apprehension, and fear of rejection. Maternal child nursing was viewed by male students as a woman’s domain, in which they were visitors. Students undertook special precautions when performing postpartum