title: Masculinity and nursing care: A narrative analysis of male students' stories about care.
abstract: Nursing education programmes and the nursing curriculum have been criticised for presenting an outdated and feminised description of care, which has had the effect of marginalising men, as well as hindering a more modern outlook for the profession. This article uses interview-based data from a qualitative study on Norwegian students' experiences in the first year of training. Using a narrative analysis method, the paper explores how male nursing students use stories to describe care and shows how their storytelling illustrates a way for men to negotiate their role in a feminised profession. The paper aims to deepen our understanding of the ways in which male students can challenge this historically female profession to broaden itself by including male-based caregiving as part of nursing care. In addition, the paper highlights the potential of stories and storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy in nursing education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, Buskerud and Vestfold University College, P.O. Box 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway. Electronic address: kristin.jordal@hbv.no.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jordal
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Society, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1153 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: k.m.heggen@medisin.uio.no.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heggen
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D033262:Narration; D009664:Norway; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Men; Narratives; Nursing care; Nursing education