Macho Men in the ED

Just have HR type that into the "benefits" part of the job package.

I'm just kidding. Of course nurses shouldn't have to do that, but we all know the patient, friendly visitors that come to the ER to see their tax dollars at work. (lots of sarcasm there if it wasn't picked up on lol)

A truly macho man will jog home after a vasectomy.....everyone else is a poser.

There are WAY more macho-men in the ICU. In fact, we assume every male patient is gay...and when no one is looking we punch them.

excellent.....this changes EVERYTHING!

:hehe:

I think I saw a thread entitled something like "Getting Patients to do What You Want." This is the solution for the OP. Punch the patients.

Phobe comes from phobic, doesn't it? And that means "fear".

Fear of homosexuality and homosexuals. I agree that one is not necessarily afraid of these simply if one is heterosexual or is not in favor of same sex marriage or issues like that, which are very important to all of us (straight or gay).

I know it's out of fashion to be conservative or old-style but true tolerance works both ways - or it should, anyway.

I know it is best to try to de-fuse hot situations, but it isn't always possible.

Being a nurse doesn't make all nurses have the same basic personality or guarantee sensitivity, good judgment, and common sense. Even someone who is normally a great nurse can have an off day, too.

I must be the exception to the rule here, I have also worked coast to coast and have worked in 5 different ER's and really have not run across any "macho men", that I know of.

Personally, I would rather work with male nurses because they are usually more easy-going than women and I know I can always count on them in case I have a problem patient.

i 2nd that dinith88, icu nurses are way more macho than those little girly er nurses. and if the male patient has better looking waxed eyebrows than cindy crawford we label him gay too, heck we are all a bunch of homofobes in the unit....

DIFF.