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Studies in T\u00fcrkiye have also relied largely on nurses\u2019 own accounts. Because professional identity is constructed relationally, understanding this transformation requires the simultaneous perspectives of multiple healthcare actors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An exploratory qualitative design reported in line with COREQ was employed. Semi\u2010structured interviews were conducted in one province of T\u00fcrkiye with 40 purposively sampled participants: nurses (5 male and 5 female), physicians (5 male and 5 female), and patients and their relatives (10 male and 10 female). Data were analysed using Braun and Clarke's six\u2010phase hybrid (deductive\u2013inductive) thematic analysis with MAXQDA 2020.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four themes were generated: professional and personal competence; acceptance of professional identity; integration into the profession; and customising\/transforming professional identity. Participants defined nursing identity through their own situational needs, with patients emphasising communication and a \u2018light hand\u2019 (administering injections painlessly), and physicians prioritising technical proficiency. Male nurses were positioned through physical strength, calmness and protection, and were excluded from obstetric, gynaecological and neonatal settings on privacy grounds, whereas female nurses were framed through maternal and emotional attributes. Participants also reported ambiguity in addressing male nurses, alongside a paradox whereby nurses described their occupation as low\u2010status while patients regarded it as \u2018sacred\u2019.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Within this study context, men's entry appears to widen nursing's feminised boundaries without neutralising gender norms; participants\u2019 narratives suggest that gender essentialism is reproduced in a \u2018hybrid\u2019 form. The optimistic \u2018genderless profession\u2019 discourse may mask a subtle re\u2010masculinisation, since perceived status gains seem tied to masculinised attributes rather than to a revaluation of care labour.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for Nursing and Health Policy<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Increasing male representation alone is unlikely to achieve structural equality. Regulators, policymakers, and nursing education institutions should adopt gender\u2010neutral professional titles and forms of address, detach competencies from essentialist gender roles in curricula and workforce planning, avoid gender\u2010based task allocation, and develop culturally sensitive responses to patient privacy expectations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/inr.70222","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]],"date-time":"2026-09-04T14:03:30Z","timestamp":1788530610000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Professional Identity of Nurses in T\u00fcrkiye: Men's Entry Into a Female\u2010Dominated Profession"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"73","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6473-3161","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Feride","family":"Aydin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Documentation and Secretarial Lecturer Istanbul Vocational School of Health and Social Sciences  Istanbul T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3859-9827","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Senay","family":"Y\u00fcr\u00fcr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Business Yalova University  Yalova T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1473\u20106861.2006.00119.x1"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.17049\/ataunihem.439074"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","unstructured":"Ayd\u0131n F.2020.Profesyonelle\u015fme projesi: T\u00fcrk sa\u011fl\u0131k alan\u0131nda bir analiz(Master's thesis Bursa Uludag University)."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09589230500486900"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","first-page":"101","volume-title":"Organizations, Communication, and Health","author":"Barbour J. 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