Conference abstract
The perception of Nigerian male undergraduate students about nursing profession
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2022:12(9).16
Feb 2022.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2022.12.9.1234
Archived on: 16 Feb 2022
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Keywords: Nursing, male students, perception, nursing profession, knowledge
Oral presentation
The perception of Nigerian male undergraduate students about nursing profession
Blessed Obem Oyama1,&, Isaiah Owoeye1, Israel Opeyemi Fawole2, Precious Onawumi1, Janet E Adugbo1, Oluwadamilare Akingbade3,4, Tola, Yetunde Oluwafunmilayo3,4
1Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Afe-Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 2Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State Nigeria, 3The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong (SAR), China, 4Institute of Nursing Research Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun state, Nigeria
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Introduction: gender dominance in the nursing profession has become an issue of concern especially as it has to do with the holistic care of patients. This has greatly affected the perception and knowledge of the population towards the profession. Therefore, this study assessed the perception of male undergraduates about nursing and the involvement of men in the profession. This research was carried out among the male students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional design was used and all 356 male students who met the inclusion criteria were selected by stratified random sampling. A pre-tested questionnaire on public attitude towards nursing was distributed to participants by a research assistant. The resulting data was analyzed using descriptive statistics on the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 25.0.
Results: findings indicated that the mean age of the respondents was 19.4±2.27 years. Majority of the respondent, 318(89.3%) had a positive perception while 38(10.7%) had a negative perception. Similarly, the respondents in this study mostly (85%) have a positive view of male nurses while about 15% do not hold a positive view of men studying or working as nurses.
Conclusion/ Implication to nursing practice: it can be concluded from the findings of this study that the positive perceptions of nursing profession and men in nursing outweighs the negative perceptions. However, more effort needs to be put into public sensitization, awareness and education about the nursing profession as well as to foster the recruitment of male nursing students and staff, which will help to project the nursing profession in a positive light.
The perception of Nigerian male undergraduate students about nursing profession
Blessed Obem Oyama1,&, Isaiah Owoeye1, Israel Opeyemi Fawole2, Precious Onawumi1, Janet E Adugbo1, Oluwadamilare Akingbade3,4, Tola, Yetunde Oluwafunmilayo3,4
1Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Afe-Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 2Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State Nigeria, 3The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong (SAR), China, 4Institute of Nursing Research Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun state, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: gender dominance in the nursing profession has become an issue of concern especially as it has to do with the holistic care of patients. This has greatly affected the perception and knowledge of the population towards the profession. Therefore, this study assessed the perception of male undergraduates about nursing and the involvement of men in the profession. This research was carried out among the male students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional design was used and all 356 male students who met the inclusion criteria were selected by stratified random sampling. A pre-tested questionnaire on public attitude towards nursing was distributed to participants by a research assistant. The resulting data was analyzed using descriptive statistics on the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 25.0.
Results: findings indicated that the mean age of the respondents was 19.4±2.27 years. Majority of the respondent, 318(89.3%) had a positive perception while 38(10.7%) had a negative perception. Similarly, the respondents in this study mostly (85%) have a positive view of male nurses while about 15% do not hold a positive view of men studying or working as nurses.
Conclusion/ Implication to nursing practice: it can be concluded from the findings of this study that the positive perceptions of nursing profession and men in nursing outweighs the negative perceptions. However, more effort needs to be put into public sensitization, awareness and education about the nursing profession as well as to foster the recruitment of male nursing students and staff, which will help to project the nursing profession in a positive light.
