The nurse character Charlie Fairhead is a good role model because he is competent and caring but still a man and able to carry off the job.' Mr Cobley said having more male nurses would help the ...

In recent years, a noticeable shift has taken place in the nursing profession, with an increasing number of men entering the ...

Last year the number of male nurses fell to a seven-year low ... attached to men in nursing and there were not enough role models to challenge this. It also said that focus groups suggested ...

"I was able to do it, but that is not the case always. There are not enough male nurses - only about one in 10 nurses are men." David has formed a group - Northern Ireland Men in Nursing - which ...

Nursing was considered mostly a female occupation for the last century. In 1970, about 2.7% of registered nurses were men, according to census data. By 2000, that had crept up to 7.5%. It’s ...

The models identified 98 per cent of the nurses as women ... senior doctors and surgeons are male)," the study authors said.