Shortage of Male Nursing Students: The Experience of a Growing Nursing Program
| Autor: | Patrick R. Davis, Yue Xie, Amanda W. Scarbrough, Marianne Moore |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Community education
Urology education Economic shortage baccalaureate nurses 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing male nursing Statistical analyses Health care Medicine lcsh:R5-920 030504 nursing business.industry General Medicine 030227 psychiatry Outreach Workforce students 0305 other medical science business lcsh:Medicine (General) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Men's Health, Vol 16, Iss 2 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1875-6859 |
| Popis: | Background and Objective The shortage of male nurses in the United States is a well-known phenomenon that the nursing academia is trying to remedy. This case study examines the experience of a new southwest US nursing program in its recruitment and retention of male nursing students. In the process, the case study will attempt to explore insights on opportunities to improve nursing workforce policies to better attract male recruits into the profession. Methods Data related to application, enrollment, and retention were retrieved and merged from the school’s application and enrollment systems. Overall, 978 students were enrolled from 2011 to 2019, with 837 females and 141 males. For applications, from 2014 to 2018, there were 2185 applicants, with 1879 females and 306 males. Statistical analyses were done using SPSS version 25 (IBM). Results are shown as means±standard deviation. Results Results show that 14% of the applicants to the program were male, while 14.4% of the enrollees were male. In terms of retention, males had lower (73.8%) retention rates than females (83.9%), although it is not statistically significant (p=0.08). On average, there were significantly fewer male applicants and enrollees (p |
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