Nursing has always been seen as a female career. “The qualities of a good nurse are vigilance, discretion, submissiveness and gentleness; and these are her special qualities, and only women have these qualities” ( Rosenburg, 2). At the time, it was seen obvious that women were better suited to be a nurse than men. “Women would bring warmth and reassurance to the patient as it brought cleanliness and order to the ward” (Rosenburg, 2). For these reasons, there was no opportunity for men in the nursing field. Another constraint would be the ideology of nurses being subordinate to physicians. Nurses worked long hours of labor, but it was worked that required no further intellectual
Nursing has always been seen as a female career. “The qualities of a good nurse are vigilance, discretion, submissiveness and gentleness; and these are her special qualities, and only women have these qualities” ( Rosenburg, 2). At the time, it was seen obvious that women were better suited to be a nurse than men. “Women would bring warmth and reassurance to the patient as it brought cleanliness and order to the ward” (Rosenburg, 2). For these reasons, there was no opportunity for men in the nursing field. Another constraint would be the ideology of nurses being subordinate to physicians. Nurses worked long hours of labor, but it was worked that required no further intellectual