Romem Pnina, Anson Ofra
Recanti School of Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
J Nurs Manag. 2005 Mar;13(2):173-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2004.00508.x.
This paper intends to explore what leads Israeli men to choose nursing as their profession.
In the early years of nursing education in Israel, like in other western societies, men were excluded from the profession. Shortage in nursing personnel and urgent needs led to recruitment of men into the profession for a short period of time. Only since the early 1990s the nursing profession is experiencing a gradual but steady influx of men. Yet, nursing is generally perceived as women's work, and men have to cope with the stereotypes attributed to them as a prominent minority in a profession primarily occupied by women. Currently, no study had examined who are the Israeli men who are willing to enter the profession and why.
A 52-item questionnaire was distributed among all registered female and male nurses in three general and three psychiatric hospitals during 1997-98. The questionnaire covered sociodemographic characteristics, exposure to the profession and reasons for choosing the profession. The response rate of 74% included 123 male and 137 female registered nurses.
Early exposure to the profession and the fact that the majority of male nurses belong to ethnic minorities and recent immigrants to the Israeli society were the most prominent factors in the selection of the nursing profession by these men. Surprisingly, economic considerations did not constitute a compelling motive in this population.
本文旨在探究促使以色列男性选择护理作为职业的因素。
在以色列护理教育的早期，与其他西方社会一样，男性被排除在该职业之外。护理人员短缺以及迫切需求导致在短时间内招募男性进入该职业。直到20世纪90年代初，护理行业才开始逐渐但稳定地涌入男性。然而，护理通常被视为女性的工作，男性必须应对作为主要由女性占据的职业中的显著少数群体所赋予他们的刻板印象。目前，尚无研究考察愿意进入该职业的以色列男性是谁以及原因。
1997 - 1998年期间，在三家综合医院和三家精神病医院向所有注册的男女护士发放了一份包含52个条目的问卷。问卷涵盖社会人口学特征、对该职业的接触情况以及选择该职业的原因。74%的回复率包括123名男性注册护士和137名女性注册护士。
早期接触该职业以及大多数男护士属于少数族裔且是以色列社会新移民这一事实是这些男性选择护理职业的最突出因素。令人惊讶的是，经济因素在这一群体中并非一个有说服力的动机。
