Men or Women? who is a better nurse?

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MHN

118 Posts

Like most have said the gender doesn't matter nurses are nurses as long as they have apprpriate training and fulfill registration requirements and remember how to work and are not careless or dangerous in their practice.

uap Naw never!!

The tutor should have promoted EEO discussion reinforcing the EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY that is employment and promotion by merit

RN6699

10 Posts

Shame on that instructor for letting this continue! The better nurse is the one that cares for their patients!

DougD1

17 Posts

Specializes in acute care, supervision, admin.

What was the context of the question? It could indicate a built in prejudice against men, on the other hand it could kind of be a genuine attempt at getting a real dialog going. Case in point:A patient this week was saturating bandages several times a shift and filling up his JP drain in 1/2 to one hour after a total knee replacement. This went on for 1 and a half days until a fellow male nurse and I insisted that the surgical resident come and evaluate him. We sent him back to surgery with a hemoglobin below 8 after transfusing two units. While the prior nurses caring for him had called the docs they bought the line

that this was "Normal" bleeding, we didn't, and insisted that they come down to evaluate him. On entering his room the next day after surgery he told his wife "Here is the man who saved me." Gave me a lump in my throat and a really good feeling to say the least!!!

Compassion, committment and competence are not gender specific. Keep it real gang!!!!

Let's support and learn from each other for the benefit not just for ourselves, but those who place themselves in our care!!!!

chandra

5 Posts

I feel regardless of gender any one who has knoledge and puts in practice with compassion dedication and empathetic feeling is a good nurse

eldernurse

107 Posts

As a nurse, if I had to be a patient in the ER, I would want a nurse who was proficient in starting IV's, regardless of gender.

I think the "art" of nursing, caring, truly caring for people has been priced out of nursing. A "good" nurse is one who is proficient in tasks. Here, men and women are equals.

micro, RN

1,173 Posts

I just want a nurse that remembers the person behind the patient......................

and skilled at what they do...................

other than that...................

eldernurse........short succinct and well said.....

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

Howdy Yall

From deep in the heart of Texas

Nurses are nurses are nurses are nurses. whether male or female, the jury is still out on aliens. Maybe we should ask Fox Mulder or Dana Scully That one

keep it in the short grass yall

teeituptom

havok

10 Posts

nurses were males at first...

also of note: Flo Nightingales school forbid males to enroll!

wrightgd

70 Posts

As a male nurse, I can honestly say that I have had nothing but positive experiences in regard to gender difference... In nursing school, I think the instructors welcomed the males into the program... In the hospital, patients have been very accepting... Co-workers have been very accepting also... Gender is not the issue... As so many others have already said... IT'S COMPETENCE.

If you are competent and caring, you will be a good nurse.

George

CelticNurse

39 Posts

Originally posted by havok

nurses were males at first...

also of note: Flo Nightingales school forbid males to enroll!

......Umm, hate to bust that bubble but that has not been true for a good long while.

How do I know this? Because my alma mater was the The Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery originally based at St. Thomas' Hospital in London.

I was not the only male member of my qualifiying year.......and we were not the first.....

mario_ragucci

1,041 Posts

(humor)

Good looking females make the best nurses. The best nurses are those that are over 5ft, 8in, have red hair, red lips and red fingernails and wear lots of Windsong perfume. Female nurses have the best eyes, and there for would make the best nurses. Females are genetically entrusted to create life within them, and to nurture life. There can be no question that women make the best nurses.

I think not. :-) If you want to see the best nurses, yewd hafta look through their left apical area, and see how well , and to what, their diencephalon is connected to/with.

havok

10 Posts

Originally posted by CelticNurse

......Umm, hate to bust that bubble but that has not been true for a good long while.

How do I know this? Because my alma mater was the The Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery originally based at St. Thomas' Hospital in London.

I was not the only male member of my qualifiying year.......and we were not the first.....

the original school DID forbid males. Check the tense of the message! Did I at any time refer to the CURRENT SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!

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