Acceptance of male registered nurses by female registered nurses.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate attitudes of acceptance toward male registered nurses by female registered nurses.


METHODS
Randomized descriptive design using 105 female registered nurses from a large midwestern state in the US.


METHODS
Data were collected using an attitude inventory and analyzed using t test, chi square, Spearman rho, Pearson correlation, Mann-Whitney U and multiple regression tests.


RESULTS
Acceptance was normally distributed. No difference in acceptance was found between rural and urban participants. The length of time working with a male nurse explained significant variance in acceptance scores. City or town of socialization was not related to acceptance scores. Rural participants were less likely than were urban participants to believe that female nurses are ready to accept large numbers of men into the profession.


CONCLUSIONS
The relationship of the distribution of acceptance of male registered nurses found in this study to the perceptions of acceptance by male registered nurses is unclear and requires further investigation.
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, USA.
James
J
McMillian
Susan A
SA
Morgan
Patrick
P
Ament
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009341:Negativism; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*