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- Title
"To do or not to do", male nurses' experiences of providing intimate care to female patients in China, a constructivist grounded theory study.
- Authors
Lyu, Xiao-Chen; Sun, Xiang-Yun; Lee, Li-Hung; Yang, Cheng-I
- Abstract
Background: Some studies suggest that female patients have more concerns about receiving intimate care from male than female nurses. Thus, providing intimate care to female patients is a challenging experience for male nurses. The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese male nurses' experiences and process of providing intimate clinical care to female patients. Methods: A constructivist grounded theory approach was used to develop a theoretical understanding of male nurses' experiences. This study included participants from 3 hospitals in different locations in China. Twenty-five male nurses were recruited using purposive and theoretical sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data analysis was completed using initial coding, focused coding, theoretical coding and memo writing to produce core concepts and categories, and theory development. Results: Chinese male nurses' experiences of providing intimate care to female patients can be constructed as a three-stage process: (1) anticipation of the level of embarrassment, (2) deciding on the process: do it or not do it and (3) protecting both parties and dealing with embarrassment. Additionally, seven themes and associated categories were identified to represent the important factors in the process of male nurses providing intimate care to female patients in China. Conclusions: Chinese traditional culture may affect the embarrassment in Chinese male nurses providing intimate care to female patients. The embarrassing situation can be divided into three different stages, and male nurses have different main concerns in each stage. Hospital nursing administrators should consider the experiences and needs of male nurses in providing intimate care and provide them with psychological support, education and training.
- Subjects
CHINA; WOMEN; RESEARCH funding; MALE nurses; HOSPITAL care; STATISTICAL sampling; INTERVIEWING; NURSING; JUDGMENT sampling; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CONFIDENCE; EXPERIENCE; THEMATIC analysis; SOUND recordings; RESEARCH methodology; EMBARRASSMENT; GROUNDED theory; SOCIAL support; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; INTIMACY (Psychology)
- Publication
BMC Nursing, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6955
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12912-024-01896-y