Boschma G
University of Calgary, Canada.
Int Hist Nurs J. 1999 Summer;4(3):13-9.
In the Netherlands, mental health nursing evolved within the context of the rise of scientific psychiatry, which emphasized organic origins of mental illness. Psychiatrists introduced new somatic treatments and designed a mental nurse training system which was aimed at creating a nursing staff skilled in somatic care. This created new opportunities for women, while at the same time restricting the role of men in nursing. The position of male nurses was marginalized, both in number and status. The introduction of mental nurse training in the Meerenberg asylum near Amsterdam illustrates the point. The career of male nurse PN Bras reflected the ambivalent experience of male nurses, and exemplified the strong reaction of male nurses against the gendered image of the womanly nurse.
在荷兰，精神科护理是在科学精神病学兴起的背景下发展起来的，科学精神病学强调精神疾病的器质性病因。精神科医生引入了新的躯体治疗方法，并设计了一个精神科护士培训系统，旨在培养一批精通躯体护理的护理人员。这为女性创造了新的机会，同时限制了男性在护理工作中的角色。男护士的地位在数量和地位上都被边缘化了。阿姆斯特丹附近的梅伦贝格精神病院引入精神科护士培训就说明了这一点。男护士PN·布拉斯的职业生涯反映了男护士的矛盾经历，也例证了男护士对女性化护士这一性别形象的强烈反抗。
