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S Boughn

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PubMed1999

Why do women choose nursing?

To answer the question, "Why do women choose nursing?", female nursing students were given an opportunity to speak "in their own voices" to reveal their needs, motivations, and expectations. In a study employing grounded theory methodology, 16 female nursing students were interviewed and audiotaped for initial constant comparison analysis. Further analyses employing coding, categorizing, comparing, and contrasting of data made it possible to isolate recurrent words and phrases, and to identify concepts for the purpose of theory building. Reliability was established by both stability analysis and reproducibility analysis. Validity was supported by construct (convergent and discriminant) and representational components. Not surprisingly, the construct of desiring to care for others was readily apparent. However, it was power and empowerment that emerged from the interviews as the most resounding and fully developed construct of the study. Students' references to practical motivations for choosing nursing were so notably scarce that their virtual omission constituted an important theme.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

An instrument for measuring autonomy-related attitudes and behaviors in women nursing students.

For the past 30 years, researchers have attempted to measure the characteristic of autonomy in nursing students, yet for the most part, the findings reflect neither an accurate nor current profile. Historically, there has been a misunderstanding of how women manifest autonomy due to the tradition of defining autonomy based on the male model, i.e., autonomy through power and separation. Nurse researcher-educators are in a unique position to develop instruments, conduct research, and interpret findings concerning characteristics identified as important for women nursing students. The purpose of this study was to design an instrument for quantitative measurement of autonomy-related attitudes and behaviors specific to women nursing students based on the female model, i.e., autonomy through caring and affiliation. Stability reliability (test/retest = 0.90), internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84), and content and construct (factor analysis, contrasted groups, experimental manipulation, and convergent) validity have been established for this instrument. It is intended that the instrument be used to evaluate the efficacy of the socialization process in nursing education.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1994

Introducing a feminist perspective to nursing curricula: a quantitative study.

Feminist concerns of the nursing profession are examined and it is argued that feminism provides the ideology and impetus for social change. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects on the attitudes and beliefs of nursing students who take a feminist-oriented women's health course. The course went beyond a scientific model of women's health and examined women's health issues as they are related to the concerns of women as consumers and providers. A questionnaire assessing the effects of the course was administered at the beginning and again at the end of the course. Results indicated that the course produced significant changes in the attitudes and beliefs of the experimental subjects in areas of professional activism; high regard for self, nurses, and women; and social activism against sexism in the media and violence against women.

Curriculum↗
PubMed1992

Nursing students rank high in autonomy at the exit level.

Professional status based on the criterion of autonomy continues to elude nursing. It is important to determine if this condition is due to the denial of professional status by employing organizations or to the lack of individual autonomy possessed by nurses. Female nursing school students were compared to women students from the schools of education, business, technology, and arts and sciences just prior to graduation. Nursing students scored as high on autonomy and masculinity as other female students, and higher on autonomy-related attitudes and behaviors specific to women. These findings conflict with earlier studies and with the position that nursing's denial of professional status is due to a lack of individual autonomy in nurses.

Attitude↗
PubMed1992

An immodest proposal: pay equity for nursing faculty who do clinical teaching.

Pay equity, the concept of equal pay for equal or comparable work, will continue to be of paramount importance to women as the 20th century draws to a close. While it might have been anticipated that women in academic settings would enjoy pay equity, clinical teaching in nursing education provides a model for gender discrimination as related to women's work. Elements of proposal development and a case study for contesting pay inequity are presented.

Faculty, Nursing↗
PubMed1988

A lack of autonomy in the contemporary nursing student: a comparative study.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not female nursing students are as autonomous as female students in both traditional female occupations and non-traditional occupations. The population included 1,046 undergraduate, female students enrolled in bachelor's degree programs at a state college. Students who participated in the study were from the schools of nursing, education, business and arts and sciences. The two instruments used to measure the characteristics of autonomy, masculinity, and femininity, were the Krutines Autonomy Scale and a modified Bem Sex-Role Inventory Scale. Students from the schools of nursing and education received the lowest scores on autonomy and masculinity and the highest scores on femininity. Students in the school of nursing scored significantly lower in autonomy and masculinity and significantly higher in femininity than the students from the School of Business and the School of Arts and Sciences. There was no significant difference between the scores of students in the School of Nursing and the School of Education. No significant correlation was found between the variables of parent's occupation. Grade Point Average (GPA), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores or feminine scores and the autonomy scores. However, there was a strong correlation between masculinity and autonomy scores.

Cross-Sectional Studies↗
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Why women and men choose nursing.

The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast why women and men choose nursing. Male and female nursing students enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing program at every class level were interviewed over a two-year period. The interviews enabled the subjects to give voice to their motivations, needs, and expectations. Data were obtained and analyzed using grounded theory methodology. The analyses, performed both by the author and by a second intercoder, included constant comparison with substantive and categorical coding for the purpose of theory generation. While male and female students demonstrated comparable commitment to care for their patients, differences emerged within the construct of power. In addition, there was a strong contrast between male and female students regarding practical motivations for choosing nursing (e.g., salary and working conditions).

Adult↗
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What women nursing students want & what nursing education owes them.

What do women want from nursing? Students have needs, motivations, and expectations related to their selection of a career. What are they? These questions were the subject of a research project in which women nursing students were given the opportunity to speak "in their own voices." The findings were both interesting and disturbing. While some of the results could be anticipated, others were unexpected. Only a brief summation of the research project will be presented here; a detailed description will be reported elsewhere. Instead, we will focus on what the findings reveal and what they imply for the nursing profession.

Career Choice↗