Gender Diversity in the Nursing Workplace

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Gender gap in modern American nursing. Brief history of female-dominated nursing profession. Condition of nurses as having more responsibility than authority over health-care protocols. Complaints of male nurses regarding gender discrimination. Nursing career options. Contends a future diverse clientele would benefit from both male & female nurses.

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"This research examines gender diversity in the nursing workplace. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which diversity has arisen as a salient feature of the nursing profession and principles of nursing practice that are relevant to the issue, and then to discuss ways in which diversity of the nursing work force--in particular gender diversity--has an impact on the substance and form of nursing practice, with a view toward forecasting possible lines of professional development.


At a time when patient access to institutional health care may be limited by the protocols of managed care, adherence to physicians' instructions, which are often mediated by nurses, are essential. Yet according to the American Nurses Foundation, minorities account for more than 27% of the American minority..."

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