Publication: Perception of mothers towards male nursing students during clinical practice in obstetric ward In Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Date
2023
Authors
Yusuf, Siti Nur Hasanah Ahmad
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In many countries, women continue to dominate the nursing field. Social
challenges for male nursing students result in discrimination from patients and caregiver.
This restricts their ability to get the skills they need and affects their clinical practise
experience, leading to a theory-practice gap. In addition, male nursing students have less
opportunity to perform procedures while on the obstetric ward than their female
colleagues as a result of this bias. A cross-sectional study was carried out to study the
perception of mothers towards male nursing students during clinical practice in Obstetric
ward, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. A total of 124 mothers in Hospital USM who
fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected randomly. Data collected were
statistically analysed using the SPSS software version 26.0. Pearson’s Chi-Square were
used for data analysis. This study shows that 75 (60.5%) of mothers have a positive level
and 49 (39.5%) of mothers have a negative level perception towards male nursing
students. The result of this present study revealed that there is no significant association
of selected socio demographic factors (age, educational level and gender preference) with
the level of mothers’ perception towards male nursing students (p=0.197), (p=0.060) and
(p=0.649) respectively.