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  • Identify each study as follows by highlighting your choice on the document: 
  • Is it a primary study, a secondary study, or “other” (neither)?
  • If a primary study, is it quantitative or qualitative? (If it is not a primary study, leave the last two columns blank.)

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LaDonia D. Patterson, EdD, RN, CNE

African American Males as Registered Nursing
Students: A Scoping Review

Abstract: The purpose o f this scoping review was
to assess the nursing education literature regarding
African American male pre-licensure nursing students.
There is a lack o f diversity among registered nurses,
with African American males being one o f the most
underrepresented groups in the profession. As such,
understanding factors that hinder and facilitate their
entry into the profession is imperative. The author
searched the electronic databases CINAHL, ProQuest,
and ERIC using the search terms that included African
American, Black, male, nursing, and student. The
search generated two thousand eight hundred seventy-
eight titles. Seven studies were included in the scoping
review. Results from the scoping review revealed themes
that may influence retention and successful completion
o f pre-licensure nursing programs fo r African American
male students.

Key Words: African American, Black, male, nursing
student, retention

T
he lack of diversity among registered nurses
has garnered national attention, with clinicians,
educators, and scholars working to identify

ways to address this issue (American Association of
Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2015,2017; Institute
of Medicine [IOM] ,2011; National Advising Council
on Nurse Education, 2013; National League for
Nursing [NLN], 2016). Increasing diversity within the
healthcare workforce has been identified as one part of a
multifaceted approach to combatting the disparities that
lead to poor health outcomes among minority patients
in the U.S. (Kelly, 2015; Villarruel, Washington, Lecher,

& Carver, 2015; Williams et al., 2014). Although diversity
among nursing students (AACN, 2017) and graduates
from pre-licensure nursing programs (Campaign for
Action, 2019) has marginally improved, the racial, ethnic,
and gender composition of the registered nurse population
still does not reflect that of the patient populations it
serves. Lor example, although racial and ethnic minority
groups comprise 39% of the U.S. population (U.S. Census
Bureau, 2018), only 19% of registered nurses (RNs) in the
U.S. represent racial and ethnic minority groups (Smiley
et al., 2018). Similarly, men make up almost half of the
U.S. population (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS], 2018;
U.S. Census Bureau, 2018), yet men comprise less than
ten percent of the registered nurse population (Smiley et
al., 2018). African American men belong to one of the
most underrepresented groups in the nursing profession
(Smiley et al., 2018).

Scholars recognize that retaining students from
minority backgrounds in pre-licensure registered nursing
programs is essential to increasing diversity in the
registered nurse population (Bond, Cason, & Baxley,
2015; Dapremont, 2014; Kelly, 2015). As such, promoting
retention of African American male students in pre-
licensure registered nursing programs is one strategy
that can be used to positively affect the number of
African American male nurse graduates. To accomplish
this, however, nurse educators must be aware of the
circumstances that influence the retention of African
American male pre-licensure nursing students. The
purpose of this scoping review was to assess the nursing
education literature to determine what is known about
African American male pre-licensure nursing students.

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Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria f o r literature search

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria

Primary qualitative or quantitative research
studies, including doctoral dissertations

A research study conducted in the U.S.

Written and published in English

Published in a peer-reviewed academic
journal

The study sample includes African American
male baccalaureate degree or associate
degree nursing students

Results specific to African American male
nursing students reported in study findings

Abstract available

Review articles; non-research studies

A research study conducted outside of the U.S.

Written and published in a language other than
English

Not peer-reviewed or published in an academic
journal

Research study sample only includes primary,
secondary education students or students in
vocational/practical or graduate/doctoral
nursing education programs
No study findings specific to African
American males reported

No available abstract

METHODOLOGY
The author performed a scoping review of the

literature in order to determine the state of knowledge
about African American male pre-licensure nursing
students. A scoping review, also called a scoping study,
is an approach to knowledge synthesis that is used to
identify and map essential concepts related to a specific
phenomenon (Arksey & O ’Malley, 2005; Whittemore,
Chao, Jang, Minges & Park, 2014). The focus of a
scoping review is to gather many primary evidence
sources to increase the breadth of knowledge related
to the phenomenon (Arksey & O ’Malley, 2005). For
example, scoping reviews differ from systematic reviews
in that scoping reviews include primary sources that
represent a variety of research designs. This enhances
what is known about the phenomenon by providing
insight into the types of methodologies that are being
used to research the phenomenon (Colquhoun et al..
2014). The scoping review was an appropriate approach
to knowledge synthesis for this particular inquiry
because it appeared that the body of literature related
to African American male nursing students would be
limited. Thus, reviewing a diverse body of research
studies allowed the author to glean as much insight as
possible from the literature available.

Search method
A literature search using the electronic reference

databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied
Health Literature (CINAHL®), ProQuest Nursing and
Allied Health, Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC), ProQuest Education, and Education Full Text
databases was conducted to ensure a comprehensive
review that included sources indexed in nursing, allied
health, and education databases. The search terms used to
identify relevant studies were: Black, African American,
minority, male, men, nursing student, and retention.
Abstracts with relevant titles were reviewed. Studies that
met the inclusion criteria for the scoping review were
retained (see Table 1).

The searches of the electronic databases yielded a total
of 3,990 titles that were reviewed: CINAHL® (« = 989),
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health {n = 1,889), ERIC
(n = 297), ProQuest Education (n = 813), and Education
Full-Text (n = 2). Thirty-two abstracts were reviewed
for research studies with titles that met the inclusion
criteria. Ultimately, only six studies from these searches
were retained for the scoping review. An ancestry search
using the reference lists of these six research articles was
conducted. No additional studies were identified using
this approach. Prior to conducting the search for the
scoping review, one study had already been identified

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through a traditional search of the higher education
literature. That study was also included in the scoping
review for a total of seven articles included in the review.
None of these 3,990 titles generated from the searches
were research studies that focused specifically on African
American male pre-licensure nursing students.

Study selection
To be selected for inclusion in the scoping review,

a research study had to meet the inclusion criteria.
Research studies included in the review were published

between 2010 and 2017, conducted in the U.S., written
and published in English in a peer-reviewed academic
journal or were doctoral dissertations, and had an abstract
available. Research studies were not limited to a specific
research design; however, the study had to include as
participants African American male students who were
either enrolled in a pre-licensure associate degree or
baccalaureate registered nurse program or had graduated
from an associate degree or baccalaureate degree pre-
licensure nursing program in the United States. Research
studies also needed to report study findings specific to the

Figure 1. Study selection process

• Databases searched: CINAHL®, ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health, Educational
Resources Information Center, ProQuest Education, Education Full-Text

• Search terms: (black OR African American OR minority) AND (male OR men) AND
(nursing student) AND (retention)

• Articles published 2010-2017
n=3,990 titles for review

____________________________________±________________________________________
1. 3, 990 titles reviewed
2. 18 duplicate titles excluded
3. 3,940 titles did not pertain to the topic of interest or meet inclusion criteria. The studies:

• had no results reported for African American/Black American male nursing
students.

• were conducted outside of the U.S.
• did not include nursing students in sample.
• focused on practical nursing students.
• were not primary research articles.
• focused on cultural competence, clinical practice, or minority nursing faculty.

4. 32 abstracts reviewed
5. 26 studies were excluded based on abstract – did not meet inclusion criteria
6. six full-text articles/dissertations retained and included in the review
7. one article identified through a previously conducted review of the literature was

included

v

Studies that met inclusion criteria and included in scoping review
n= 7

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African American male study participants to be included
in the review. Studies that were excluded focused on
clinical nursing practice, African American males as
patients, practical nursing programs, or African American
males who were in fields other than nursing, such as
counseling, education, and STEM (see Figure 1).

Charting data and summarizing results
Charting data from research studies is required to

summarize and report results from studies included in
a scoping review (Arksey & O ’Malley, 2005). For this
scoping review, only research findings specific to African
American males were charted. These data are charted in
Table 2. Results for the scoping review are reported using
the subthemes created using thematic analysis.

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
Seven primary studies were included in this review,

three of which were doctoral dissertations. The primary
focus of these research studies was on identifying what
influenced minority student success in completing
pre-licensure nursing programs. Promoting minority
student success could play a critical role in increasing
diversity in the nursing profession. Students who belong
to underrepresented groups in nursing face barriers,
such as academic difficulty, bias, social isolation, and
lack of mentoring that can adversely affect their success
in nursing education programs (Hodges et al., 2017;
Murray, 2015a; Murray, 2015b; Sedgwick & Kellett,
2015; Smith & Smyer, 2015; White & Fulton, 2015). To
ensure that a diverse group of nurse graduates are eligible
to enter the nursing workforce, students who belong to
underrepresented groups must be able to achieve success
in attaining nursing degrees. As such, nurse educators
need to identify strategies that can be employed to
mitigate barriers to successful program completion.

Research design
This scoping review failed to yield any quantitative

studies that met inclusion criteria. Thus, all of the
research studies included in the review employed
a qualitative research design, with six of the seven
studies using a descriptive qualitative approach. African
American male nursing students made up a relatively
small number (n = 12) of the total number of participants
(n = 50) included in the research studies for this review.
Thus, researchers who are interested in examining
African American males as nursing students might have
difficulty recruiting a large enough sample to conduct a
study using a quantitative research design.

Institution and program type
There was diversity in program and institution type

between the seven research studies, with participants
being enrolled in or having graduated from either an
associate degree or a baccalaureate degree program at a
Historically Black College/University or a Predominantly
White Institution. However, none of the African
American male participants were enrolled in or had
graduated from an entry-level accelerated m aster’s degree
program in nursing, a proprietary (for-profit) institution,
or an online nursing program. Harris and Wood (2013)
suggested that attending for-profit institutions of higher
education could have adverse effects on success for men
of color. Additionally, Palacios and Wood (2016) found
that Black male students in community college achieved
greater success when taking face-to-face courses. Many
proprietary institutions offer online education programs
(Sturgis, 2012) that are appealing to students from
diverse backgrounds (Ke & Kwak, 2013; Sturgis, 2012).
Therefore, future research should explore factors that
influence success for African American male students
enrolled in online pre-licensure nursing programs to
determine if online education facilitates or further hinders
success in program completion.

Demographic information
The purpose of this scoping review was to identify

research studies that would provide insight into the
experiences and attributes of African American male
pre-licensure registered nursing students. Demographic
information (ie age, marital status, employment status,
etc.) for the African American male nursing students
was not described in all of the research studies (see
Table 2). However, three studies listed participants’ ages
(Boruff, 2012; Goings, 2016; Sweet, 2012). These ages
ranged from 27 to 50 years old, indicating that at least
four of the African American male nursing students were
older than traditional college-aged students (Jeffreys,
2015). Several of these students had children and family
obligations outside of school (Barren, 2013; Boruff,
2012) . The African American male nursing students in
the studies were described as high achieving, motivated,
and confident (Barren, 2013; Goings, 2016).

Another participant was pursuing an associate degree
in nursing as a second degree (Boruff, 2012). Having
males enter nursing as a second career is beneficial
to the profession because these men bring with them
knowledge and insight from other disciplines and can
offer innovative perspectives for addressing nursing
issues (Christensen & Knight, 2014; Marks & Bevan,
2013) . Many of the African American males discussed
being employed part-time while enrolled in an associate
degree nursing program (Barren, 2013; Boruff, 2012).

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Thematic analysis
During a thematic analysis of the results from the

research studies included in the scoping review, four
themes emerged that provided insight into the perceptions
and experiences of African American male pre-licensure

registered nursing students. These themes were: (a)
deciding to pursue nursing, (b) being socially integrated,
(c) being the only one, and (d) achieving success (see
Table 3). Each theme is discussed in the following
sections.

Table 3. What is known about African American male registered nursing students? Assignments and projects

______________Theme_________________________________ Associated Factors___________________

Deciding to pursue nursing as a • Nurses as family members (Barren, 2013; Boruff,
career 2012)

• Observed nurses care for ill family members (Boruff,
2012)

Being socially integrated

Being the only one

Achieving success

Barriers to being socially integrated
• Lack o f culturally responsive campus events (Sweet,

2012)
• Being excluded (Barren, 2013; Dapremont, 2014)
• Experiencing racism (Barren, 2013; Dapremont, 2014)
• Feelings of inferiority (Sweet, 2012)

Facilitators to being socially integrated
• Belonging to the Student Nurses Association (Boruff,

2012)
• Feeling accepted/wanted (Barren, 2013; Boruff, 2012)
• Interacting with peers (Barren, 2013; Dapremont,

2011; Sweet, 2012)

• Being the only African American/Black male in class
(Boruff, 2012)

• No African American/Black males in the clinical
setting (Boruff, 2012)

• Few/No African American/Black faculty (Sweet,
2012)

• Few/No African American/Black role models/mentors
(Talley et al., 2016)

• Working as LPN provided preparation (Boruff, 2012)
• Flaving determination (Boruff, 2012)
• Being motivated (Barren, 2013; Going, 2016)
• Maintaining support systems (ie family, friends, peers)

(Barren, 2013; Boruff, 2012; Dapremont, 2011;
Goings, 2016; Sweet, 2012)

• Caring faculty – especially African American/Black
faculty (Barren, 2013; Boruff, 2012; Sweet, 2012)

o Caring faculty can also positively influence
social integration (Barren, 2013; Boruff, 2012)

• Positive institutional environment (Goings, 2016)
• Overcoming academic barriers (Boruff, 2012)
• Managing financial difficulty (Barren, 2013; Boruff,

2012)__________________

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Deciding to pursue a nursing career
Despite the need to increase diversity in the nursing

profession, minority students may not be interested
in pursuing a career in nursing. Melillo, Dowling,
Abdallah, Findeisen, and Knight (2013) found that only
45% of middle and high school students from diverse
backgrounds expressed interest in a career in nursing.
Additionally, Olichwier (2014) found that African
American college students exhibited little interest in
pursuing nursing as a career. Males may be diverted
away from a career in nursing because of the profession’s
image as being work for females. Thus, to increase gender
diversity in nursing, it is imperative to understand what
prompts men to enter the profession.

Having nurses as family members and observing nurses
care for ill family members were identified as having
positively influenced the decisions of African American
males to pursue nursing as a career (Barren, 2013;
Boruff, 2012). Although nursing is a female-dominated
profession, men in nursing tend to earn more money
annually than their female counterparts (Potera, 2015).
Thus, nursing can offer stable employment and financial
opportunities for African American males, a group
that has historically been socioeconomically depressed
(Xanthos, Treadwell, & Holden, 2010).

Being socially integrated
Social integration, as it pertains to student retention

in higher education, refers to students’ feelings of being
included in the social structure of an academic institution
(Chang, Lerer, & Talley, 2010). Social integration can
facilitate student success by improving persistence and
retention (Tinto, 1975). Interactions with faculty and
peers outside of the classroom can positively influence
social integration (Chang, Lerer, & Talley, 2010; Wood &
Harris, 2014). Each of the African American male nursing
student participants discussed conditions that either
positively or negatively influenced their interactions with
peers and faculty members.

Tinto (1975) acknowledged the positive relationship
between social integration and student persistence,
suggesting that students who exhibit higher levels of
social integration are less likely to drop out of college.
Naturally, a student who is less likely to drop out has
a greater chance of being retained in institutions of
higher education. Additionally, Harris and Wood (2013)
recognized the positive connection between social
integration and student success for men of color in
four-year institutions of higher education. Developing
friendships with peers, participating in study groups,
and belonging to student organizations promote social
integration (Harris & Wood, 2013). African American
males who participated in these seven research studies

perceived that faculty interactions and peer support
contributed to their success in nursing school (Barren,
2013; Boruff, 2012; Dapremont, 2011, Goings, 2016;
Sweet, 2012).

However, factors that hinder social integration also
emerged during analysis. For example, the African
American males shared their experiences with racism,
being excluded, and feelings of inferiority (Barren, 2013;
Dapremont, 2014; Sweet, 2012). Conditions such as
these can adversely affect social interactions with peers
and faculty members and weaken the social ties that
African American males may have to the social structure
of the college, adversely affecting social integration and
potentially student retention. Being African American
(Colville, Cottom, Robinette, Wald, & Waters, 2015;
Herrera, 2013) and being male (Herrera, 2013) have
been linked to a lower chance of being retained in a
pre-licensure nursing program. Thus, examining and
understanding the impact that social integration could
have retention for African American male nursing
students may be central to promoting their success in
nursing programs.

Being the only one
Some participants shared that they were the only

African American males in their class (Boruff, 2012).
They noted that there were no African American males
where they completed clinical rotations and few African
American faculty members to serve as mentors and role
models (Boruff, 2012; Sweet, 2012; Talley, Talley, &
Collins-McNeil, 2016). The lack of African American
male nurses and nursing students has implications for
recruitment and African American male nursing student
success. Concerning recruitment, the lack of African
American males in nursing may prevent other African
American males from pursuing nursing as a career, as
students are more inclined to pursue careers that include
individuals with backgrounds similar to theirs (Talley et
al., 2016).

Feeling isolated, lonely, or alienated is not uncommon
for African American and male nursing students; these
feelings have been identified in the nursing education
literature as being barriers to student success (Hodges et
al., 2017; Murray, 2015a; Murray, 2015b; White & Fulton,
2015). Thus, being the only African American male
in class may heighten feelings of isolation, loneliness,
and alienation, which in turn, can decrease their sense
of belonging (Sedgwick & Kellet, 2015; Sedgwick,
Oosterbroek, & Ponomar, 2014). Sense of belonging has
been associated with persistence and program success
for African American male collegians (Harris & Wood,
2013).

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Achieving success
Most of the research studies included in this review

focused on what facilitated success for minority
nursing students in pre-licensure programs. African
American males enrolled in these studies identified many
circumstances that promoted their success in nursing
school, such as having determination (Boruff, 2012),
being motivated (Goings, 2016), and having support
from family and friends (Boruff, 2012; Dapremont, 2011;
Goings, 2016; Sweet, 2012). These men also suggested
that caring faculty members (Boruff, 2012) and a positive
institutional climate (Goings, 2016) also facilitated their
success. One participant credited his success in an ADN
program, in part, to working as a licensed practice nurse
(LPN) before enrolling and while enrolled in the program
(Boruff, 2012). While academic difficulty has been cited
as a barrier to success for minority students, only one
of the African American male nursing students reported
academic difficulty (Boruff, 2012), while another was
described by the researcher as being high achieving
(Goings, 2016).

LIMITATIONS
The primary limitation of this scoping review was the

small number of research studies included. Had a larger
number of research studies been included in the scoping
review, additional themes could have been identified,
providing even more insight into African American males
as pre-licensure nursing students. The limited number of
research studies that convey the perspectives of African
American male nursing students indicates a need for
additional research focused on this population of nursing
students.

Additional limitations are that the scoping review
included only qualitative research studies that reflected
the perspectives of only twelve men. It is probable that
other African American male nursing students would not
hold these perspectives. Descriptive quantitative data
could be useful in determining how frequently the themes
identified in this review reflect the perspectives of other
African American male nursing students.

Results of this scoping review were also limited
because studies published before 2010 were excluded.
This criterion excluded the only available research study
that focused on African American male baccalaureate
nursing students (Dorsey, 2005). In this quantitative
research study, nursing education administrators reported
their perceptions of effective strategies for recruiting
and retaining African American male students in
baccalaureate degree nursing programs (Dorsey, 2005).
These administrators perceived that financial aid was
the most effective strategy for recruiting and retaining
African American male nursing students (Dorsey, 2005).

Lack of adequate financial resources can hinder nursing
program completion for minority nursing students (Bond
et al., 2015). However, the issue of financial difficulty
was referenced just twice in the findings from this review
(Barren, 2013; Boruff, 2012). Far more prevalent in the
findings for this scoping review were the factors that
affected social integration.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSE EDUCATORS
No studies about African American male nursing

students were generated by the search strategies employed
in the scoping review. While results of this review have
provided valuable insight into what is known about
African American male pre-licensure students, these
findings only represent perspectives of a few African
American males. Therefore, this is an area that requires
further scientific inquiry.

First, it is essential to identify which identified
themes are most salient to the experience and success of
African American male pre-licensure nursing students.
For example, items related to social integration were
discussed more frequently than those associated with
academic or financial struggles. However, academic
and financial struggles are two frequently cited barriers
to minority nursing student success. Is it possible that
experiencing racism, exclusion, and other factors that
pose barriers to social integration are more of a threat
to African American male nursing student success
than the potential for poor academic performance and
financial constraints? Or, is it possible that academic
and financial issues did not pose as much of a barrier
for African American men in these studies because they
were older than the traditional age student and were able
to balance work obligations with academic obligations?
For example, Jeffreys (2012) noted that older students
might be able to manage their time better and possess
study skills that facilitate their success. Could this have
been true for the African American men included in
the research studies for this review? To answer these
questions, research designs other than descriptive
qualitative need to be employed in future studies.

Another question that arose during the thematic
analysis was related to experiences with discrimination.
African American nursing students and male nursing
students often encounter discrimination and bias. Pham’s
(2011) study of minority male nursing students, none of
whom identified as African American, revealed that this
group encounters bias related to both their race and their
gender. These study participants reported encountering
more bias related to their gender than their race/ethnicity
(Pham, 2011). Conversely, Black male teachers perceived
that they encountered more bias regarding race than their
gender, as these teachers believed that being male still

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afforded them some privilege in a female-dominated
profession (Brockenbrough, 2012).

Studies included in the scoping review focused on
student success, which supports the need for shifting
attention away from examining factors that pose barriers
to minority student success to exploring factors that
describe how minority pre-licensure nursing students
overcome barriers to achieve success. Further inquiry
into African American male nursing students should
also explore how program type (ie online or accelerated
master’s entry) and institution type (eg proprietary)
influence student success.

CONCLUSIONS
Retaining African American male students in pre-

licensure nursing programs can address issues related
to the lack of diversity in the nursing workforce.
Unfortunately, nursing education literature offers little
evidence on this topic. Further exploration can guide
nurse educators in implementing initiatives that can
increase the representation of African American males in
the nursing profession.

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LaDonia D. Patterson, EdD, RN, CNE, practices as a
Registered Professional Nurse fo r the Wellness Center at
Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA. Dr. Patterson may
be reached at: 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030
or at: ladonia.patterson@gmail.com.

Acknowledgments
This manuscript is a component o f a doctoral dissertation
entitled “Achieving Success in Pre-licensure Registered
Nursing Programs: An Explanatory Case Study o f
African American M ales.” The author would like to
acknowledge Drs. Christy Berding, Cynthia Brown,
Cynthia Epps, and Tammy McClenny fo r their support
and insight during the writing and editing process.
The author would also like to acknowledge the African
American male students she has had the pleasure o f
teaching throughout her career as a nurse educator.
Thank you fo r allowing me to be a part o f your journey.

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