Percentage Participation of Men in Nursing:US
{"Image DocumentName": "Percentage Participation of Men in Nursing:US", "Image ImageDescription": "1% of RN s from % in % in % in 2005 Minnesota. vs. Medicine. 5.7% residents female % residents female % residents female % residents female % of residents female American Bias. American Nurses Association (ANA) In 1901, the Army Nurse Corp was formed only women were allowed to serve as nurses. This discriminatory policy continued until Educational Bias. Late 1800 s: Asylum based schools for men only majority of male graduates of nursing programs were from state mental hospital vs. 1% in general nursing programs. 1960\u2019s-15% nursing schools accepted male students. 1981, Mississippi University for Women. Schools of medicine, engineering, and pharmacy expanding opportunities for women under affirmative action \u2026schools of nursing not mandated to increase enrollment of men. Note that medicine has achieved gender parity in their profession, but nursing remains so far behind. Why is this important to know and understand? Why was Roots seen as such a powerful and important event that was more than just a miniseries? An awareness of the past gives a context to advocate for this who have historically been marginalized\u2026men as well as minorities in nursing. 3/25/2017.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}