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Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the perspectives of nursing students at Ataturk University Health Sciences Faculty about gender equality.
Method: Population of this descriptive research includes students who study at Ataturk University Health Sciences Faculty. Sample is made of 465 volunteer students that were chosen with non-probability sampling method. Data was collected by "Descriptive Information Form" and "Gender Equality Scale". Average, standard deviation, percentage distributions, t-test in independent group and One Way Analysis of Variance were used in data evaluation.
Results: It was determined that the socio-demographic characteristics such as place of birth, finished high school, educational status of the parents, occupation of the father, place of living, family type, marital status and sexual experience did not affect the gender equality scale point average (p> 0.005) It was determined that the students' age and grades had an effect on the scale total point average. The gender equality total score average was 48.360±5.97. The female students' scale total score average was 39.807 + 5.91 and male students' scale total average score was 39.339 + 5.56. The traditional gender norms subscale average score of students was 39.573±5.73, and the gender equality subscale average score was 8.756 ± 2.28. The difference between "gender equality total score" average of male and female students was statistically insignificant and both groups were found to be at a moderate level.
Conclusion Accordingly, nursing students were found to be at a high level related to gender equality. It should be ensured that the subject is discussed by the students and that they are aware of the traditional views formulated by society in the symposiums and panels to be organized on gender.
Keywords: gender equality, nursing , university students.
Background
In the ever-evolving and changing world, the attitudes of society towards the nursing profession is also changing and evolving day by day (Kocaer 2004).). Male nurses in the world started to be seen after the 1970s (Sherrod 2006), and the number of male nurses in Turkey started to increase since 2007. However, it is observed that male nurses have a conflict between their professional roles and gender roles (Sari 2011, Dikmen-Ozarslan 2015) and they want to assume administrative tasks instead of nursing (Baykal 2011, Koc 2010). In the...