Efficacy of Narrative Enhancement Cognitive Therapy on Stigma of Nursing among Male Nursing Students.

Document Type : Research articles

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1 Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University

2 Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University

Abstract

Background: Stigma can hinder the productivity of the upcoming male nurses making 
them unable to perform their assigned roles. Moreover the nursing stereotypes and 
challenges faced by male nurses have negative impact on their job satisfaction, attention and 
recruitment in nursing profession (Roth and Co leman, 2008 & Fung C, 2018): The aim of 
this study was to determine the efficacy of narrative enhancement cognitive therapy on 
stigma of nursing among male nursing students. Setting: The study was conducted at the 
Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Subjects the study subjects comprised 
36students. Tools: Socio-Demographic and, Academic Data Structured Schedule, male 
students' stigma of nursing questionnaire, were used as tools for data collection. Results:
Findings of the present study revealed that there was a statistically significant decrease in the 
total mean scores of stigma among the studied subjects after intervention (p=<0.001). 
Conclusion: In conclusion, the findings of the present study support the hypothesis that Male 
nursing students who attend narrative enhancement cognitive therapy sessions exhibit lower 
levels of stigma. Recommendations: Nursing Faculty and administrators should ensure that 
the learning environment is welcoming for men. Further studies should be performed in the 
number of sample is bigger and studies with control group be conducted in order to get more 
reliable and more general result.

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