Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: November | Volume: 11 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 78-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20211109
Perception towards Male Enrolment in Nursing among High School Students at Selected Schools of Bharatpur, Chitwan
Ramesh Subba1, Hem Kumari Subba2, Alisha Joshi1, Amrita Ghimire1, Sarita Nepal1, Jaya Prasad Singh3
1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-10, Nepal
2Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-10, Nepal
3Department of Community Medicine, School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-10, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Hem Kumari Subba
ABSTRACT
Nursing profession has been a gender lopsided profession which has limited the opportunity for male students to prefer nursing as career choices. However, the perception of male enrolment in nursing among the students is extremely important to maintain the diversity in nursing workforce. This study aimed to assess the perception towards male enrolment in nursing among the students at selected schools of Bharatpur, Chitwan. A cross-sectional survey design consisted of 222 students studying in private and government schools of Chitwan districts. Samples were selected purposively and self-administered structured questionnaire containing of 28 items for perception of male enrolment in nursing were used to collect data. Collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Majority of participants (54.5%) showed positive perception towards male enrolment in nursing whereas less than half (45.5%) showed negative perception towards male enrolment in nursing. The result indicated that perception towards male enrolment was not significantly associated with socio demographic variables. Despite having a positive notion about male in nursing, considerable number of participants were negative about male in nursing. The hiring and maintaining of male nurses in the nursing field is a very apparent issue nowadays. Therefore, this indicates the urgent need by concerning authorities in identifying the predictors in improving the professional nursing image and misconceptions regarding the gender based profession for better health care outcomes.
Key words: Perception, Male enrolment, Nursing.