title: Lived experience of being a nurse from a male and female perspective.
abstract: The phenomenological psychology approach was used here to encourage reflection on the experience of nursing from both male and female perspectives, then to explore and analyse the experience and compare and contrast the findings with current literature. The research question being explored was 'Is the lived experience of being a nurse different depending on your gender?' Using individual semi-structured interviews, questions were asked of two participants. These interviews were transcribed, analysed using an interpretative or 'hermeneutic' approach to identify main themes and, together with reflexive field notes written during the study, used to complete a qualitative analysis. The main themes identified in the analysis of the transcripts were intersubjectivity, career versus vocation and gender stereotyping. The experience expressed by the two research participants suggests that the gender of a nurse influences the lived experience when compared and contrasted. As no previous gender comparative research could be found during the background literature search, this study is novel.
authors: Cambridgeshire Community Services, UK.
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Rowlinson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom