The Attitudes and Opinions of Women in Turkey about the Male Nurses Who Worked at the Maternity and Childbirth Service
Nuriye Buyukkayaci Duman

Abstract
Aim: This study was conducted in order to determine the attitudes and opinions of women patients about the male nurses who worked at the maternity and childbirth service. Method: The population of the research was consisted of 150 women who were chosen using simple random sampling method and went to the Maternity and Childbirth Service of Çorum State Hospital between June 2011 and August 2011. The data were gathered using the Form to Determine the Attitudes and Opinions of Women about the Male Nurses and were analyzed using percentages and chi-square test in a computerized environment. Findings: All of the participant women did not want to receive care from male nurses throughout pregnancy and labor period. Nearly nine of the ten pregnant women emphasized that nursing was a profession that only women could do, that male nurses could not work at the maternity and childbirth services and that they could not receive care from male nurses throughout pregnancy and labor period (96.7%). Conclusion: It was found out that the participant women who were hospitalized at the service wanted to receive care from female nurses and that their attitudes and opinions about male nurses were negative.

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