[Kevin0507]

when i tell people that i am about to graduate nursing school they usually respond with "that's great/awesome/insert positive comment here!" ocassionally i have heard the.."oh well you are going to go on to med school right?" i think that alot of uncultured people just have the stereotype in their head that the man is the doctor and the woman is the nurse. i think people think that male nurses are underachievers compared to the male doctors. in reality it is a different career path, but many people outside the medical field dont know or understand that.

[Scrubz]

My family and friends support me, and that's all that matters to me. Nursing is a great field to get into regardless of gender. Some of the coolest nurses at the hospital I work at are male. And why would someone ask if you would be going to med school? If nurses made as much money as a doctor I'd still choose the nurse job because they get to deal with people more while doctors are on a see you and leave you relationship.

[marilynmom]

I work with male nurses and they are not looked down upon, they are not looked up upon either...lol. They are just nurses! I don't think they do a better or worse job. All the nurses I work with, male and female, are great people to begin with!

[focker-male nurse]

A fellow male student was told infront of the whole clinical group by the OB clinical instructor that men were stupid and had no business becoming nurses.
She didn't get to work for our school anymore.

I would have liked to have asked her why should women be allowed to become doctors.

Shes probably one of these nurses that thinks all doctors are stupid and she is so smart.

matt

[Dabuggy]

Hey Matt I like that reply. I have been told by a husband and wife in our program (Both RN students) that our DON does not like men in nursing. They state she said it. I have never had a problem with her. Some others have told me the same. She smiles at me, and makes small talk. I, unlike the others have never been in her office either, so that may be a cause,??
So I want to steal that statement and use it on her if she tells me that.

Watch out for the prepared student, W H O O P, W H O O P. I highly doubt she will ever say it too me. So it is just a rumor, and gets tossed aside. Some people just like to start things.

Dabuggy

[Scrubz]

Originally Posted by focker-male nurse

I would have liked to have asked her why should women be allowed to become doctors.

That would have been mean but I would have laughed if I'd been there. I know I'll be good at whatever I do and I know that most people will respect that.

Hey, we men have to break this stupid stereotype that all nurses are women. Luckily the ratio is closing, slowly, but it's still closing. Every year the number of men enrolling in nursing programs increases. I mean, in our lifetime nursing will always be predominatly female, but by the time we younger nurses are dug into our careers there should be many more men nurses out there.

Does anyone know the ratio of women to men in the CRNA profession? I still assume it's more women than men but most of the CRNAs I've seen are men. Just asking because that's what I intend to be eventually.

[Tweety]

Scrubz, CRNA is a the one area of nursing where men are highly represented. I think I've read about 50%, but I'm not sure. Maybe someone else will know.

[Daggummit!]

The only problem I've experienced since deciding to become a nurse has been with some of the older people in my family. They just seem to be unable to wrap their heads around the concept of a male nurse. They will usually ask me things like "How long before you start medical school?" or "When will you go back and get your MD?" To which I usually reply "hopefully never!"

[manofcare]

I usually use the line that I have a long memory and will be in control of the pain meds. It really shuts my buds up in a hurry. Feel free to use, if appropriate.

Mike

[bearsden]

My wife and I are both nursing students. My wife thinks it is great that we will both be in the same field one day. She works in an emergency department in a hospital as a tech. All her friends (docs, nurses, and techs) think it is great that I am making this transition in my mid-life. I even get some tutoring from a doc friend and his RN wife.

There maybe some with the "old school" attitude towards male nurses, but I haven't run into it...yet.