Conclusions: A lot of issues have kept men from entering the nursing occupation ranging from how the story of nursing has been written, the fact that a large proportion of nurses are female, stereotypical attitudes regarding nursing and the prevalent view of nursing as primarily a female role.
Ályktun: Margir þættir hafa stuðlað að útskúfun karla frá stéttinni; hvernig saga hjúkrunar hefur verið rituð, mikill meirihluti kvenna í starfinu, staðalímynd hjúkrunarfræðingsins sem kvenmaður og tenging hjúkrunarstarfsins við störf kvenna.