Estereotipos y roles de género del profesional de enfermería según la percepción de una comunidad en Ambato, ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: The human social structure has caused a fragmentation of tasks, tasks and professions for each gender, creating a sexual vision of the type of work that fits each individual. It can be affirmed that the care of human lives has been mostly in the hands of women, associating it with domestic work; In this sense, from the point of view of a society rooted in stereotypes, the male gender has been included in the social needs and affects the acceptance of the community as a nursing professional. Objective: To describe the perception of a community from Ambato-Ecuador on the stereotypes and gender roles of the nursing professional. Methodology: This research is qualitative, descriptive, field design that allowed to know and analyze the different opinions of the study participants. To collect the information, semi-structured interviews were carried out after applying an informed consent and complying with the ethical principles of respect, autonomy and confidentiality of the information. The information analysis was carried out following the methodology of Demaziere D. and Dubar C. proceeding to triangulate the information obtained from the key informants’ discourse. Results: The study participants are inclined towards a woman in their nursing care due to the maternal feeling they profess, while they visualize men in a different profession since they perceive less affective communication towards health users. But nevertheless, a high level of acceptance was evidenced in relation to the participation of the male sex within the nursing career. Conclusions: Health users prefer to be cared for by female nursing staff, however, the male role in the profession begins to take a preponderant role, breaking the paradigm that the career is only for women, resulting in controversies in the profession. feel of the study participants