Abstract
Social and cultural backgrounds, as well as understanding, play key roles in workforce development and human resource shortages, which are associated with the transition to nursing education and teaching from frontline nursing practices. A qualitative method, with the direction of the general inductive approach, was employed in this study. The researcher collected information from 18 male nursing educators who switched their senior roles (from the frontline and practicing fields to nursing education) at nursing schools in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Malaysia. Three interview sessions were used to collect information. Three themes were merged from the information: (i) gender-oriented knowledge, teaching and learning; (ii) respect; and (iii) health promotion. More importantly, participants advocated that their male roles and identities provided uniqueness to patients, students, parents, and the general public concerning Asian customs and practices. Based on the social cognitive career theory, personal goals and achievements of career satisfaction took important roles. Although the general public may not agree with these career decisions, due to gender and social biases, participants continued to contribute their energy and knowledge in the health and social caring professions.
Highlights
Nursing is one of the professions that has faced significant human resource shortages and turnover rates for nearly a century
Due to cultural differences, gender issues, expectations, industries’ concerns, and even language barriers, a large number of nursing and health sciences educators leave their positions within the first few years of teaching [2]
Participants answered the same open-ended and semi-structured interview protocol and related interview questions [34,36,39] about why they decided to invest their lifelong career development in nursing school settings in the East Asian region as male nursing educators. They were asked to describe their roles as male nursing educators in nursing school settings in the East Asian region
Summary
Nursing is one of the professions that has faced significant human resource shortages and turnover rates for nearly a century. Teaching nursing education and health sciences to young college and university students may be difficult and require sensitivity, nursing educators should still provide appropriate instructions and knowledge. Due to cultural differences, gender issues, expectations, industries’ concerns, and even language barriers, a large number of nursing and health sciences educators leave their positions within the first few years of teaching [2]. These nursing educators leave their teaching professions, many return to the frontline as registered nurses or professional nursing leaders
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