Anil Kumar Batta
Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar
Abstract Title: Self-esteem and professional identity among male nurses
Biography:
Prof. Dr. Anil Batta is presently a professor and head of Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar. He has been Professor Biochemistry in MMIMSR, MAULANA He has been a Professor and head, senior consultant in Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, Professor & Head, GGS Medical College, Faridkot. He did his M.B.B.S. and M.D. in Medical Biochemistry from Govt. Medical College, Patiala in 1984 and 1991, respectively. His research interest is mainly in clinical applications, especially cancer and drug addiction. He has supervised more than 30 M.D., M.Sc., and Doctorate research and published more than 160 international research papers. He is the chief editor of America’s Journal of Biochemistry. He is also working as an advisor to the editorial board of the International Journal of Biological and Medical Research. He has been a deputed member Editorial Board of numerous International and national Medical Journals of Biochemistry. He has also been attached as a technical advisor to various national and international conferences in Biochemistry. He has been attached to hi-tech endocrinal, genetics, and automated labs of Baba Farid Univ. of Health Sciences, Faridkot. He has chaired various sessions in the Biochemistry meets. He has been designated as a member Editorial Board of various journals in the US and other European Countries. He is also involved in various research projects at Govt. Medical, Amritsar. He has done super specialisation in Drug-de-addiction from PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has been an organizing committee member of various National and international conferences. In addition, he has been numerous times rewarded as an excellent reviewer of Manuscripts and Medical Books. He has presented papers at offline conferences as well as webinars.
Research Interest:
There are not enough nurses around the world, and there are even fewer male nurses. It has not been easy for men to become nurses because of stereotypes about the roles of men and women in the workplace, which lead to prejudice and discrimination. This study explored how the self-esteem of male nurses and male nursing students affects their professional identity in an environment where stereotypes and social prejudice exist. This study also examined the differences of relevant variables in different sociodemographic characteristics of the research subjects in a Chinese social context.
Methods: By purposive and snowball sampling, 464 male nurses and male nursing students were surveyed through questionnaires from November 2021 to January 2022. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS Macro 3.3.
Results: Self-esteem could indirectly affect professional identity through perceived prejudice and psychological distress. Nonetheless, self-esteem still had a significant direct effect on professional identity. The total mediating effect accounted for 32.816% of the total effect, and the direct effect accounted for 67.184% of the total effect. Also of note was that 81.7% of participants reported experiencing psychological distress.
Discussion: To improve the professional identity of male nurses and male nursing students, nursing educators and administrators should do the following: protect and improve their self-esteem; take steps to reduce social prejudice against them; value their mental health and alleviate their psychological distress.