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Ju, Choi, Kim, Oh, and Park: Clinical Practice Stress and Coping Experience of Men in Nursing as a Student

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to understand the stress coping experience of men nursing students in clinical practice.

Methods

In-depth interview were done using semi-structured questionnaire with 25 men nursing students taking clinical practice. Data were analyzed using grounded theory.

Results

Core category of coping experience of these nursing students was ‘a rolling stone’. Students’ coping strategies were ‘women centered environment’, ‘physical difficulty’, ‘lack of sufficient role models’, and ‘age related’. Helping components for their coping behaviors were ‘individual characteristics’, ‘attitude to men nursing student’, ‘one's vision of nursing’, and ‘gender equality in nursing culture’. The consequence of this phenomenon were ‘a sense of belonging’, ‘building gender free nursing identity’, ‘nursing pride acquisition’ and ‘dream of nursing expert’.

Conclusion

Men nursing students emphasized ‘growing as a mature nursing student’ in clinical practice.

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Figure 1.
The paradigm model of coping experience of men nursing students in clinical practice.
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Table 1.
Concepts, Subcategories, Categories, and Composition of Paradigm Related to Coping Experience in Clinical Practice of Men Nursing Students
Concepts Subcategories Categories Composition of paradigm
Prejudice of gender roles
Feeling of a discrimination
Felt unequal opportunities
Gender based prejudice Maladaptation of gender differences Causal condition
Feeling of heterogeneity
Feeling social isolation
Restlessness among group conflicts
Women group culture    
Feeling no place for me
Feeling uncomfortable
Captivated by the thought of leaving
Searching my place A rolling stone Central phenomenon
Majority of staff is women
Women oriented facilities
Refuse to receive care
Women centered environment Burdened clinical situation Contextual condition
Physical burden irrelevant to clinical practice
Doing a nasty job
Limit of physical strength    
Lack of guidance from staff
Lack of professionalism of nursing staff
A feeling of being an idiot
Lack of role model    
Attention deficiency
Economic dependence
Age related burden    
Engaged in self-study
Empowering basic nursing skills
Active involvement in clinical setting
Therapeutic use of self
Be a stepping stone Trying to settle down Action/Interaction strategies
Do my best Doing the struggle job
Take the initiative
Act quickly and sensitively at any clinical situation
Show favorable attitude as a nursing personnel
Not be a stumbling stone    
Stick to oneself Exchange information between men nursing students
Relaxing with fun activities
Building close relationship
Be a strong stuck stone    
Individual personality
Depend on the motivation
Individual characteristics Relationship in clinical setting Intervention condition
Encouraging and support from clinical staff
Positive attitude for the men nursing student
Attitude to men nursing student    
Thinking about the dignity of life One's vision to the nursing    
Understanding nursing spirit      
Learn to cooperate with in both gender nursing staff
Building for trust of the gender free nursing staff
Gender equality in nursing culture    
My ward Friendship
Requiring person
A sense of belonging Growing as a mature nursing student Consequence
Acquisition of genderless nursing professionalism
Assertive nursing
Formation of nursing sprit for calling
Building gender free nursing identity    
Improvement academic competence
Promoting nursing skills
Pride in nursing profession
Nursing pride acquisition    
Person who have a passion of nursing
Person who have a new vision of nursing
Person who have a professionalism in nursing
Dream of nursing expert    
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