Male Undergraduate Students’ Perception toward Men Who Join Nursing
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TextPublisher number: Phone: +255 28 298 3384 Fax: +255 28 298 3386 Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz Website: www.bugando.ac.tz Language: English Language: Kiswahili Publication details: Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2023Description: 37 Pages; Includes References and AppendiciesSubject(s): Summary: Abstract:
Background: since the beginning of the nursing professional, nursing perceived and regarded as a female professional due to different perception and view toward nursing professional, such perception and view includes caring and compassionate which in fact women have caring nature compared to men, this study aimed to assess male undergraduate students’ perception toward men who join nursing
Method: a descriptive cross-section study was conducted at CUHAS-bugando consisted 280 undergraduate students at CUHAS, sample were selected by random sampling and data were collected then analyzed by SPSS.
Result: the finding of this study revealed that more than half of the participants 68.5% have positive perception toward men who join nursing and only few participants 3.3% have neutral perception toward men who join nursing also finding show that more than half of participants 61.1% disagreed with the feminine nature of the nursing profession
Conclusion: The findings of this research are important in terms of providing insights that may lead us towards a new direction in addressing nursing student recruitment.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | NFIC | 1 | CUHAS/BSN/5000655/T/ |
Abstract:
Background: since the beginning of the nursing professional, nursing perceived and regarded as a female professional due to different perception and view toward nursing professional, such perception and view includes caring and compassionate which in fact women have caring nature compared to men, this study aimed to assess male undergraduate students’ perception toward men who join nursing
Method: a descriptive cross-section study was conducted at CUHAS-bugando consisted 280 undergraduate students at CUHAS, sample were selected by random sampling and data were collected then analyzed by SPSS.
Result: the finding of this study revealed that more than half of the participants 68.5% have positive perception toward men who join nursing and only few participants 3.3% have neutral perception toward men who join nursing also finding show that more than half of participants 61.1% disagreed with the feminine nature of the nursing profession
Conclusion: The findings of this research are important in terms of providing insights that may lead us towards a new direction in addressing nursing student recruitment.
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