Although most male nurs jo the profsn for self-actualisatn, the cultural and societal stereotypg of male nurs as “He-Man”, “gay” and “troublemakers”, and their margalisatn at the hospal durg certa personal and timate re procr, tend to epen the existg genr discrimatn prevalent wh the nursg profsn. This study therefore asssed patients’ preference for, and satisfactn wh nursg re provid by male nurs at the medil and surgil wards of Komfo Anokye Teachg Hospal [KATH]. An ferential cross-sectnal study sign, which the prevalence of a ndn among an intified populatn is termed, was ed. Usg nvenience samplg, 150 rponnts who meet certa practil creria and are available and willg to participate were sampled. Data om a ntext-based rearch stment on the opn, preference and satisfactn of patients wh male nursg were analysed g χ2 tt, Mann Whney U tt, ordal logistic regrsn and logistic regrsn. The study dit that more femal than mal had ever been attend to by a male nurse for the perd nsired by the study, and femal scribed male nurs as pole and urteo and were fortable wh their treatment. Beg sgle [OR = 0.111, 95% CI (0.013–0.928)] and profsg Islamic fahs [OR = 36.533, 95% CI (2.116–630.597)] were functns of rponnts’ preference for a male nurse. Signifintly too, affiliatg to a relig sect (OR = 2.347, 95% CI [0.076–1.630]) and beg ted (OR = 1.387, 95% CI [0.040–0.615]), were associated wh higher odds of fallg one of the higher tegori of satisfactn wh nursg re provid by male nurs as agast the lower tegori. Although maral stat, relig affiliatn and tnal level were the signifint predictors of patients’ preference for, and satisfactn wh re provid by male nurs, the effect of the other variabl should not be overlooked. The fdg disprov assertns on the negative effect of relign on male nurs. It is remend that public awarens be created on the role of male nurs the healthre livery system to promote acceptance of genr diversy the nursg profsn.
Contents:
- THE NSTCTN OF MEN WHO ARE NURS AS GAY
- WHY DO SO MANY GAY MEN BEE NURS
- BREAKG STEREOTYP: THE RISE OF GAY MALE NURS HEALTHRE
THE NSTCTN OF MEN WHO ARE NURS AS GAY
There is a paradox between wispread lls for men to participate more rg and disurs which stereotype male nurs as gay and nflate homosexualy and sexual predatn. The stigmatizg disurs create a barrier to rg and, aligned wh the prence of homophobia the workplace … * are most male nurses gay *
This paper is a report of a study to exame the nstctn of the stereotype of male nurs as gay, and to scribe how this disurse impacts on a group of New Zealand male nurs. A disurse stereotypg male nurs as gay is acpanied by one which privileg hegemonic masculy and margaliz homosexualy. A paradox emerged between the 'homosexual' general nurse and the 'heterosexual' psychiatric nurse.
The stigma associated wh homosexualy expos male nurs to homophobia the workplace. The heterosexual men employed strategi to avoid the prumptn of homosexualy; the clud: avoidg ntact wh gay lleagu and overt exprsn of their heterosexualy.
WHY DO SO MANY GAY MEN BEE NURS
It’s been said that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) nurs form one of the largt mori wh the profsn, and yet they are hardly regnized as a subgroup. To date, limed data are available to terme jt how many nurs intify as LGBT (or some variatn of those letters, such as LGBTQ, which * are most male nurses gay *
There is a paradox between wispread lls for men to participate more rg and disurs which stereotype male nurs as gay and nflate homosexualy and sexual predatn. The stigmatizg disurs create a barrier to rg and, aligned wh the prence of homophobia the workplace, ter men's entry to the profsn and may be important issu wh rpect to their retentn. He was jt 29 years old when he was diagnosed wh "gay ncer, " which later beme known as AIDS.
Not long after his diagnosis wh Kaposi's sara, he wrote an article The Sentel which he scribed himself as "a 29-year-old, whe, gay man who's lived the cy for six years.
He and Bach Goln wrote guil for safer sex for gay men by gay men. He worked tirelsly to fend the rights of gay and lbian persons and those wh AIDS until he died 3.
BREAKG STEREOTYP: THE RISE OF GAY MALE NURS HEALTHRE
He is a board member of the Gay & Lbian Medil Associatn, health profsnals advancg LGBTQ+ equaly. In 2020, Walker received the Global Hero Award om the Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn Nursg Sectn. Myth #1: Male nurs are gay.
While there are homosexual nurs, don’t mean that all men who enter the profsn are gay. Not all nurs are gay. They lerally sat me down the livg room, looked straight to my ey and asked if I was gay.