作者
Amara Sundus, Ahtisham Younas
发表日期
2020/11
期刊
Nursing Forum
卷号
55
期号
4
页码范围
575-581
简介
Background
Caring is mostly considered a characteristic of women and men are considered hard‐hearted. In the nursing profession, female nurses are considered more caring than male nurses which influence patients' views about the care provided by male nurses. There is limited knowledge about patients' beliefs and views about caring behaviors of male nurses.
Purpose
To explore caring behaviors of male nurses from patients' perspectives.
Design
A descriptive qualitative study drawn from a larger convergent mixed methods study
Methods
Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 15 patients from 14 medical surgical units of three private hospitals in Islamabad, Pakistan. Inductive thematic analysis was used for data analysis.
Findings
Patients reported that male nurses are respectful, considerate, good listener, unbiased, and supportive.
Conclusion
These findings …
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