Alinejad Mofrad Samaneh, Nasiri Ahmad, Green Heidi
Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, South Western Sydney Campus, Australia.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2024 Jul 24;29(4):452-459. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_243_22. eCollection 2024 Jul-Aug.
Caring is a multidimensional concept with many factors that can affect its quality such as caring for the opposite sex. This study aims to explore the experiences of Iranian female nurses caring for male patients.
A descriptive qualitative study was conducted via conventional content analysis and purposeful sampling. Seventeen female nurses including staff and head nurses participated. Unstructured, face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted from June to December 2019 in Iran. The interviews were recorded by an MP4 player. When no new codes were extracted from the interview the data saturation was achieved. All interviews were immediately transcribed verbatim and were analyzed via Graneheim and Lundman's conventional content analysis guidelines.
Four themes emerged from the data: 1) women nurses' concerns about caring for men, 2) women nurses' unpleasant feelings while caring for men, 3) Ignoring women nurses' dignity, and 4) efforts to avoid unpleasant situations.
Female nurses in Iran are faced with multidimensional challenges when providing care to men. Not only can these challenges decrease the quality of nursing care for male patients, but also make the hospital a stressful environment for female nurses and may lead to them leaving the work.
关怀是一个多维度的概念，有许多因素会影响其质量，比如照顾异性。本研究旨在探索伊朗女性护士照顾男性患者的经历。
通过传统内容分析法和目的抽样法进行描述性定性研究。17名女性护士参与，包括普通护士和护士长。2019年6月至12月在伊朗进行了非结构化、面对面的深入访谈。访谈由MP4播放器录制。当从访谈中提取不出新的代码时，即达到数据饱和。所有访谈均立即逐字转录，并根据格兰海姆和伦德曼的传统内容分析指南进行分析。
数据中出现了四个主题：1）女性护士对照顾男性的担忧，2）女性护士在照顾男性时的不愉快感受，3）忽视女性护士的尊严，4）努力避免不愉快情况。
伊朗的女性护士在为男性提供护理时面临多维度挑战。这些挑战不仅会降低对男性患者的护理质量，还会使医院成为女性护士的压力环境，并可能导致她们离职。
