Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe gender consciousness among males as nurses and its related factors and the relationship between gender consciousness and job satisfaction among those male nurses.
A self-administered questionnaire was conducted with nurses working in 10 psychiatric hospitals in Aichi Prefecture. Responses from male nurses (n=127) were analyzed.
The results of the analysis show that male nurses, have stronger job gender consciousness when they have experienced frequent rejections by patients and when they don't have mentors in their workplace. Male nurses with stronger gender consciousness show a lower "autonomy" , one of the job satisfaction factors.
An increase in the number of male nurses in society may lead to job gender-free states among the nurses, and elevate their job satisfaction. As a result it may contribute to strengthening the nursing profession.
