title: Core professional nursing values of baccalaureate nursing students who are men.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The perceptions of core professional nursing values of men in baccalaureate nursing programs are poorly understood.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study purpose was to understand and interpret the meaning of core professional nursing values to male baccalaureate nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  One-to-one interviews were conducted with male nursing students from a public university in the Midwest, following interpretive phenomenology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measures to protect participants included obtaining Institutional Review Board approval, obtaining signed informed consent, and maintaining confidentiality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study revealed five themes and several subthemes under an overarching finding of caring. Acquisition of professional nursing values began prior to the nursing program and continued to varying degrees throughout the program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several implications are offered for nursing education, nursing practice, research, and public policy. These include identification of common values, teaching-learning strategies, inclusive environments, teamwork, and conflict resolution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caring was revealed using a metaphor of a puzzle.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA schmidtb@uwosh.edu.
authors.forename: Bonnie J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004645:Empathy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D066297:Hermeneutics; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Baccalaureate; men; nursing; professional; students; values