![]() ![]() We can’t have a conversation when a nurse is always ‘she’ or ‘her’ the pictures need to reflect that, too. She added, “We also need gender-neutral language in our textbooks. “They say we need more male faculty in schools and more (nurse) preceptors with men in that role,” she said.Ĭolby said it’s essential to fight stereotypes by teaching youth men can be professional caregivers. She said gender diversity brings a different perspective to the profession and benefits not only patients, but men who already are in nursing. Colby has asked her male students to suggest ways to make nursing more inclusive. “We need to be in tune, in sync with the background and perspective of the people we take care of, and we’re not there yet.” “We need more men in nursing because we certainly have patients who are men,” Colby said. Normajean Colby, PhD, RN, CPN, assistant professor of nursing at the Widener University School of Nursing in Pennsylvania, an expert on diversity in nursing, agrees gender diversity is an increasingly important issue. ![]() More male nurses are important for diversity Male nurses however, represent only 9% of the nurse workforce, roughly 330,000 out of 4.2 million.Įxperts cite a variety of reasons for fewer male nurses such as societal gender stereotypes and the lack of male role models in nursing. However, with a rapidly worsening nursing shortage because of the aging baby boomer population, the need for gender diversity is more important than ever for nursing schools and health systems. has approximately 4.2 million registered nurses. While more men have entered nursing over the past four decades, male nurses still make up a relatively small percentage of the nursing workforce.Īs of 2022, the U.S. nursing shortage is only expected to get worse over the next decade. Many industry experts believe bringing more male nurses into the profession may be part of the solution. ![]()
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