Table 1 The interview guideline
The open-ended questions | |
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1. Would you please tell me what nursing means to you? | |
2. How did you join nursing? Please describe the story that you chose nursing. | |
3. How did the people around you (your family, your friends, and your schoolmates) react to your decision to be a nurse? | |
4. What advantages did you have as a male nurse? | |
5. What disadvantages did you come across as a male nurse? How did you cope with the difficulties or challenges you came across? | |
6. What did you think of the public attitudes towards nurses in Macau? | |
7. What is your plan in the future as a nurse? |