“A Study To Assess The Patient’s Perception On Factors Affecting Gender Role In Nursing Care Among Patients Admitted In Smvmch At Puducherry”.

Nurses role is highly significant and valuable in the healthcare system. As the front-line services, nurses' performance is greatly affected by patients' expectations and perceptions towards them. This motivates them to become more caring and efficient in the multiple roles they play during the 24-hour stay with the patient. The main objective of the study to assess the patient's perception on the factor affecting gender role in nursing care. A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used for this study the 30 sample and selected with the use of convenient sampling technique. Sample consists of patients are at the age of 18 to 80 years who fulfil the inclusion criteria, data collection was done with self-structured questionnaires on Assessment scale on patient perception on factors affecting gender role in nursing care. The result was conducted using descriptive and inferential statistics the present study reveals that out of 30 patients majority, 21 (70%) of the patient’s had positive perception and 9 (30%) of the patient’s had a neutral perception. The present study assessed the patient’s perception on factors affecting gender role in nursing care among patients admitted in SMVMCH at Puducherry. The study findings concluded that there was a significant association between levels of perception of patient’s with the age and education qualification where ‘p’ value is < 0. 05.