@article{ref1,
title="Touching male patients - the challenge of orthodox Jewish female nursing students: a phenomenological study",
journal="Nurse education today",
year="2022",
author="Yellon, Tamar and Yellon, David",
volume="117",
number="",
pages="e105463-e105463",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Individuals from minority populations represent a growing percentage of the nursing workforce. Orthodox Jewish nurses are part of the Israeli nursing workforce, but scarce data and little research is available regarding the influence of nurses'; religious and cultural backgrounds on their interactions with patients. Research regarding touch between the sexes in a professional context refers mainly to male nurses touching female patients. The cultural context of touching patients has also been poorly investigated. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: Understanding orthodox Jewish female nursing student's experience of touching male patients. <br><br>DESIGN: Qualitative study. SETTINGS: Four academic nursing programs in Israel. PARTICIPANTS: Forty orthodox Jewish female nursing students, academic year 3-4. <br><br>METHOD: Descriptive phenomenological approach. Forty in depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken and analyzed according to themes. <br><br>RESULTS: Eight categories were identified. From these, three main themes emerged: Supervisor-student relationship (bullying/abuse), negative personal feelings (loneliness/helplines, lack of support, fears, cognitive dissonance) and coping strategies (being tested by God, improving one's self character, positive personal reflection). <br><br>CONCLUSION: These students presented with unique challenges facing male patients - which clinical instructors were unaware of. They used their cultural background as a source of power. <br><br>FINDINGS may be of global relevance for other nursing schools and health services where nurses come from religious backgrounds.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0260-6917",
doi="10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105463",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105463"
}