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Nursing Students’ Perception about Gender Inequalities Presented on Social Networks: A Qualitative Study

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  • Elena Andina-Díaz

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of León, Vegazana Campus, 24170 Leon, Spain
    SALBIS Research Group, University of León, 24402 Leon, Spain
    EYCC Research Group, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain)

  • María Isabel Ventura-Miranda

    (Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain)

  • Enedina Quiroga-Sánchez

    (Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of León, Vegazana Campus, 24170 Leon, Spain
    SALBIS Research Group, University of León, 24402 Leon, Spain)

  • Ángela María Ortega-Galán

    (Department of Nursing, University of Huelva, Campus el Carmen, 21071 Huelva, Spain)

  • Isabel María Fernández-Medina

    (Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain)

  • María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández

    (Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia 4780000, Chile)

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequalities in nurses have been exacerbated through the images shown on social networks. This study aimed to explore and describe nursing students’ experiences and perceptions about gender inequalities in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive qualitative study was carried out in two universities in 264 undergraduate nursing students. The photovoice method was used to guide the study. Results: Two main categories and four subcategories were described from the data: “gender-related stereotypes”, with “male leadership in a female profession” and “sexualization of female nurses” and “women’s vulnerability in the pandemic” with “the gender gap in the face of increased risk of contagion “ and “women’s emotional fragility”. Over the years, care has been considered a female task, and nursing continues to be thought of in this way. The nurse has been discriminated against, poorly considered as a professional, and, as a woman, subjected to gender roles.

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  • Elena Andina-Díaz & María Isabel Ventura-Miranda & Enedina Quiroga-Sánchez & Ángela María Ortega-Galán & Isabel María Fernández-Medina & María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández, 2023. "Nursing Students’ Perception about Gender Inequalities Presented on Social Networks: A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-11, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:3:p:1962-:d:1042756
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