Men in Nursing

The results are in!

Although men in nursing believe they continue to face problems related to working in a female-dominated profession and that stereotypes still damage recruitment efforts, they are:

• committed to their jobs,
  
• relish patient care, and
  
• have a variety of ideas for attracting more men to the profession,
  

according to a recently released survey.

The survey examined male nurses’ perceptions of the profession and their experiences. The survey confirmed experts opinions that the profession needs to continue to revamp its image in order to attract more men (currently men are 6% of the nursing workforce).

The survery was conducted by the Bernard Hodes Group, a global recruitment, communications, and staffing-solutions company, in association with the California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare, the Coalition for Nursing Careers in California, and the American Assembly for Men in Nursing.

Read the summary on advisory.com (you may have to creat a login), or go to Bernard Hodes and download the PDF.