Tuba Yilmaz Bulut
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Title: The impact of caregiver roles on the gender of nurses working in intensive care
Biography
Biography: Tuba Yilmaz Bulut
Abstract
Objectives: This study was designed to determine the views of nurses working in intensive care units about the nursing roles
of their colleagues.
Methodology: The sample of this descriptive study is composed of nurses who agree to participate in the study in intensive care
services of all state hospitals in Turkey. The questionnaire, prepared by the researcher as a data collection tool, and the ‘Attitude
Scale About Nursing Care Roles’ were used in the study. The data were evaluated by standard deviation, mean, frequency
distribution, and One-way ANOVA, Independent Sample t-test.
Findings: In the study, 57.4% were female nurses, 42.6% were male nurses. The average age of nurses was 35.81. It was
determined that 83.3% of the nurses who participated in the study received in-service training on nursing care roles. It was
determined that 59.3% of the nurses who participated in the study found that women nurses were more adequate in patient
care. 88.9% of the nurses stated that the care given to the patients was adequate, 74.1% were sexual and 90.7% of the nurses
gave adequate care to the patients. 74.1% of the nurses who participated in the study stated that there was no difficulty in giving
care to one of the different sexes. The mean score was 63.46±9.4 and the level of nurses to perform the role of caregiver in the
individual according to gender was high. There is no statistically significant difference between the scoring averages of the
attitudes of the nurses regarding the care role of the nurses according to the gender of the nurses involved in the study (p>0.05).
Conclusion & Recommendations: The Scale of Attitudes of nurses regarding the role of caregivers differs according to gender,
and care and nursing are considered to be a sign that they are not unique to women. In this study, it is thought that the
contribution of male nurses to nursing care will contribute positively to professionalization. In this study, it is thought that
professional members in nursing profession do not have gender differences among themselves.