Male Nursing College Students’ Experiences as medics during the military service – Grounded Theory –

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This study was intended to provide basic information on nursing education for male nursing students. Methods/Statistical analysis: This qualitative research conducted a grounded theory method to gather comprehensive data that are common among the subjects, in which 17 male nursing college students who experienced serving in medical units. Findings: 67 concepts were derived from the evidence, which in turn grouped into 17 subcategories were classified by a grounded theory paradigm model corresponding to casual conditions, contexts, central phenomena, strategies, and results. In this study, the central phenomenon of male nursing college students’ experiences as medics during the military service was “impingement”. In other words, the results varied depending on the difficulties of nursing, the strain oh interpersonal relationships, and how to deal with heavy duty.  Improvements/Applications: The experience as a medic during military service helped to develop various capabilities, and these competencies or help accomplish their given tasks with confidence and establish interpersonal relationships as nurses in the future. Medic experience can fortify male nurse’s practical ability and ability to adapt to general environment of nurse, help changing the perception of male nurse. In personal level, it’s understood to be very important experience that precede adaptation to many abilities to perform as a nurse specialist. Through these experiences, male nursing students in knowledge and personality be socialized and be confident about clinical practice and be influenced positively.