This is a descriptive and exploratory study developed according to a qualitative approach, aiming at discovering how male nurses are seen by the family and other professionals regarding their profession. Also, it has observed their technical vision about this problem. This research was done with male nurses from the Master Degree Course in Public Health Nursing at the Federal University of Paraíba. The population of this study was composed of six male nurses from which four agreed in taking part in this research. The data were collected through a questionnaire with open questions, based on the Leininger Transcultural Theory. The results showed that a great shock and cultural impositions among the male nurses, who have suffered a great variety of misconceptions and stigmatized assumptions from different social actors.
Transcultural nursing; Nursing profession; Prejudice; Stigma