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Hospital Situations In Which Male Patients Prefer A Male Nurse, Norma Groome White
Hospital Situations In Which Male Patients Prefer A Male Nurse, Norma Groome White
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This was a study of the preferences of men patients for the sex of the nurse desired to meet their physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs. The purposes of the study were: (1) to identify the hospital situations in which a male nurse is preferred to give care, (2) to provide information that could be used in the utilization of male personnel, and (3) to provide information that could be used to possibly provide for better fulfillment of the needs of male patients.
The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of study. A questionnaire of thirty-five hospital situations was …