I Teach Nursing as a Male Nursing Educator: The East Asian Perspective, Context, and Social Cognitive Career Experiences

Abstract

Social and cultural backgrounds, as well as understanding, play key roles in workforce development and human resource shortages, which are associated with the transition to nursing education and teaching from frontline nursing practices. A qualitative method, with the direction of the general inductive approach, was employed in this study. The researcher collected information from 18 male nursing educators who switched their senior roles (from the frontline and practicing fields to nursing education) at nursing schools in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Malaysia. Three interview sessions were used to collect information. Three themes were merged from the information: (i) gender-oriented knowledge, teaching and learning; (ii) respect; and (iii) health promotion. More importantly, participants advocated that their male roles and identities provided uniqueness to patients, students, parents, and the general public concerning Asian customs and practices. Based on the social cognitive career theory, personal goals and achievements of career satisfaction took important roles. Although the general public may not agree with these career decisions, due to gender and social biases, participants continued to contribute their energy and knowledge in the health and social caring professions.

Male Nursing Practitioners and Nursing Educators: The Relationship between Childhood Experience, Social Stigma, and Social Bias

“…The current findings indicate that although many faced social stigma and social bias due to their gender roles in the nursing profession [ 6 , 40 ], many overcame the discrimination, social stigma, and social bias due to their strong sense of belonging from their childhood experiences and personal goals. First, many of the participants indicated that their sense of belonging (i.e., being a male nursing professional) was always established and firmed due to their positive early life experiences in their hometown [ 65 ].…”

“…First, many of the participants indicated that their sense of belonging (i.e., being a male nursing professional) was always established and firmed due to their positive early life experiences in their hometown [ 65 ]. Previous studies [ 40 , 43 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 ] indicated that individuals often selected their career developments due to their positive early childhood experiences, parental influences, and personal goals. In this case, many participants had joined and served the volunteering services with bilingual and multicultural individuals during their childhood.…”

“…In fact, the general inductive approach is a useful tool to narrow down large-size data information into meaningful groups and categories. Like many qualitative research studies [ 5 , 14 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ], the researcher followed an inductive approach and direction to understand and read the data. Unlike case study, narrative approach, and grounded theory studies, the researcher could not follow any data analysis procedures of these methodologies due to the nature of the focuses and aims.…”

I Want to Become a Registered Nurse as a Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Student in a Community College: A Study of Career-Changing Nursing Students

“…Some qualitative researchers [2,21,23,25,27,[46][47][48][49][50] advocated that large-size data information should be narrowed down to meaningful themes and subthemes. Therefore, the researcher employed the general inductive approach [51] for data analysis.…”

“…However, based on the recommendations, the themes and subthemes should be further narrowed down. Open-coding technique [41,[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] is one of the useful tools for qualitative researchers to narrow down large-size data information into first-level themes and subthemes. Unlike quantitative research studies with statistics, the key to qualitative research studies is to narrow down the data information into meaningful themes.…”