Neriman Akansel
Abstract
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