Abstract
Perception of caregiving based on gender roles as seen by nursing professionals, students and non-professionals
Highlights
Nursing is defined as the science and art of caregiving a person
Gender role: Interviewees can characterize their perceptions about gender roles by differentiating activities and responsibilities that men and women perform in society according to their views
Nursing: Our intention is to identify the differences in nursing quality based on gender roles, with the aim to understand the transition in this professional area since men first became part of nursing personnel in local hospitals
Summary
Nursing is defined as the science and art of caregiving a person. Caregiving was considered a female activity, comprising skills that only women could have; men were conceived as food providers and household protectors. Society has certain perceptions for caregiving by men, but the roles have been affected and there are evolving social perceptions of care quality. People currently have full access to information allowing them to differentiate and better understand nursing care and the impact it has had on gender roles. Today men can be part of the nursing staff, performing roles of command and social responsibility that this profession currently has [9, 14,15,16]
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