Table 2 Preferences of nursing care and stigma of the nursing profession (N = 502)
From: Contemporary public image of the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia
Question | Response | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Preference of care giver according to gender | Male nurse | 93 | 18.5 |
Female nurse | 409 | 81.5 | |
Preference of care giver according to nationality | Saudi | 163 | 32.5 |
Non-Saudi | 102 | 20.3 | |
Never mind | 237 | 47.2 | |
Getting care by Saudi females | Yes | 299 | 59.6 |
No | 203 | 40.4 | |
Rating of Saudi female nursing carea | Excellent | 122 | 40.8 |
Very good | 112 | 37.5 | |
Good | 55 | 18.4 | |
Bad | 10 | 3.3 | |
Stigma of nursing (ashamed to have a nurse in my family) | Strongly agree | 246 | 49.0 |
Agree | 113 | 22.5 | |
Neutral | 84 | 16.7 | |
Disagree | 36 | 7.2 | |
Strongly disagree | 23 | 4.6 | |
Preference to marry a female nurseb | Yes | 46 | 43.4 |
No | 60 | 56.6 |