1. Earnest effors must be made to recruit men into nursing (Genua, 2005).

2. Target the boys at a younger age by increasing scholarships and more readily career advice on nursing (Genua, 2005).

3. Barriers that restrict where male nurses can work should be removed, but patients should still have the right to refuse care from a caregiver regardless of gender, to conform to the code of choice as outlined in the Standards for Registered Nursing Practice in British Columbia. (RNABC, 2003). However, nobody should be denied employment or discriminated against because of their gender (Genua, 2005).

4. Increase advertising depicting men working as nurses should be displayed and advertised on television and billboards where men can see them and to demonstrate at the caring aspect of nursing is not only a feminine trait (Genua, 2005). A prime example of this is Oregon Center for Nursing's poster, "Are you man enough to be a nurse?" which shows male nurses are just like any other men--They come from various backgrounds and have "manly" hobbies.

5. Allocating more relevant placement to males might lower attrition rates. Although this may be discriminatory, it is view as positive discrimination (Whittock and Leonard, 2003).

6. There are events called “bring your daughters to work” which days that are aimed at encouraging young women into less stereotypical areas of employment (e.g. construction). Employing events similar to this should be used because there is an obvious influence of parents (who are nurses) on their sons (Whittock and Leonard, 2003).

7. “Certain facets of training might be more appropriately organized to be more inclusive of males; second, male management in a number of male-dominated industries, such as construction has been encouraged to participate in gender awareness training in order to be more inclusive of their female employees. It might be that similar training would prove beneficial to senior female staff within the profession” (Whittock and Leonard, 2003, p.248)

8. McMillian et al, (2006) suggest that elimination of sexism and discrimination against male nurses might depend on nursing education. Their strategies include “(a) nurse educators’ examination and elimination educational practices that reinforce social and gender-related segregation, (c) promoting the image of nursing from a profession intended for women to that of a gender-neutral occupation, and (d) active recruitment of male nursing instructors” (p.105).

9. Constructing a better concept of care and how it relates to male carers, patients, nurses, teachers, and nursing students must be encouraged to tell their stories to students. “It is within these stories that students are able to move from a reliance on conventional rules to an understanding of the complexities of caring with specific situational contexts” (Peterson, et al., 1995, p.608)

10. General acceptance of nursing as a viable career for men require input and promotion by nurse educators, administrators, professionals associations, unions, and government (Meadus, 2000). Nursing schools, professional associations and governments must reach out to the schools and educate all students about nursing as a career choice, and develop and promote career education material that promote sex equity. To address the problem of counselors in high schools, re-education of high school counselors about the nursing profession is vital in aiding recruitment of future nurses of both genders (Meadus, 2000).

11. Monitoring of the media for sexist images of the nurse, eliminating sexist language from nursing journals, texts, nursing conferences and other personal communications to promote a positive nursing image and change the deeply entrenched societal stereotypes about nursing (Meadus, 2000).

12. There is a vital importance of social learning in acquiring sex roles that a social learning approach should be used in programs to alter sex role stereotypes (Cordua, et al., 1979). Exposing children to different models in the media and in real life to correct the portrayal of sex typed occupations.

13. Male nursing students should be active in recruitment efforts by making themselves visible in recruitment materials and publication, in order to increase men’s representation in the profession (Meadus, 2000). E.g. Be active in the community, participate in conferences and recruitment campaigns.