title: Do higher dispositions for empathy predispose males toward careers in nursing? A descriptive correlational design.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this research was to understand male nursing students' empathy traits compared with other university students using the systematizing quotient and empathizing quotient questionnaires.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Female students have higher empathizing traits than male students. However, when male nursing students were compared with the general population of other male students, they revealed higher empathy traits 3.0 (p < .01) than other males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Empathy plays a significant role in attracting men to a nursing career. Male nurses are not only caring individuals but also have high problem-solving skills in complex environments, demonstrating their strong systemizing characteristics to organize, plan, and implement care.
authors.affiliation: Nursing, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penprase
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oakley
authors.forename: Reuben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ternes
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Driscoll
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Best practices; cultural diversity; education; interprofessional education; nursing research