I quit nursing in my second year, feeling really bad, expressing my thoughts...

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I am male student who was studying nursing in Europe, I quit and i really feel very bad at the moment because i really enjoy helping people.

Why I quit? It was really difficult for me to adapt to a women enviorment in general. I know a lot of men who can feel very comfortable in a women dominated enviornment, not my case. I really try very hard to connect with the people in the unit but it was impossible. I dont have nothing in common with them.

Another thing why I quit was because everybody was treating me like shirt, some patients, doctors and even coworkers, no respect at all.

People are saying that the stereotype is disappearing and it doesnt exist anymore, in my opinion that is not true, what i percieve is that there is still an stereotype for men in nursing, is fading yes but slowly.

I felt that if I continued nursing I was going to feel bad in the future because in my country there is no carreer progression in nursing or very little carreer progression, you can expect a salary of 1.500-2000 Euro each month for the rest of your life that´s it.

Now I have to redirect my carreer to something else, i am coming back to computers maybe that is my niche. I will try to help people in another way maybe with robots and computers i can create something for people in need.

Thank you very much and it was an honour.

You're a sexist and frankly, I am glad you quit the profession. We need less whiners like you. Am I being tough on you? Yep. Only because you've complained about the very same thing before.

Lol i am a sexist? Why? Ive just said i had problems to adapt myself in a women working enviorment. Imagine you work in the construction with all men, it would be hard right? The other things i said in my post are true except the steroytype that is my point of view. Good luck and im not a sexist at all.

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Part of the reason you're having problems is likely due to your attitude. Be friendly, be a team player, and stop focusing so much on the fact that you're surrounded by women. Get over it.

To be honest, you don't sound like someone I'd want to work or be in clinicals with.

I was friendly, i was working hard, i was doing everything i have to do but the problems come at me anyway. You cant judge the whole situation basing your opinions in several posts i wrote.

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After having lined up and read all of your threads, I think the problems were of your own making.

Women are people, too. I am sure that if you treated your female instructors and classmates as people who were equal in status to you, you would have had more respect. At least in the US, the "male nurse" stereotype is disappearing. If you believe that you were facing a stereotype for men, that was a good part of your problem. Another part is that you haven't learned that women are half of the human population, and are therefore people.

Computers might be a good niche for you.

You are judging me basing your opinion in a few posts you read ok. I didnt treat any of them bad at all you just imagine that reading my posts lol. I just say to them thank you for everything and leave. Frankly they treat me very bad but it is impossible to you to know it because you were not here to see it. That's it.

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I was friendly, i was working hard, i was doing everything i have to do but the problems come at me anyway. You cant judge the whole situation basing your opinions in several posts i wrote.

Okay...so what am I supposed to base it on? All of the threads you've posted? That's what I thought.

Keep being woe is me, keep coming on the internet and asking for advice, and keep whining when it isn't what you want to hear. Let me know how that works for you.

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Okay...so what am I supposed to base it on? All of the threads you've posted? That's what I thought.

Keep being woe is me, keep coming on the internet and asking for advice, and keep whining when it isn't what you want to hear. Let me know how that works for you.

Rude...

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Rude...

It's simply the truth.

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Lol i am a sexist? Why? Ive just said i had problems to adapt myself in a women working enviorment. Imagine you work in the construction with all men, it would be hard right? The other things i said in my post are true except the steroytype that is my point of view. Good luck and im not a sexist at all.

I suggest you take another look at your attitudes toward women. It's displayed pretty clearly in the series of threads you started to complain about how awful it was to work with all those females.

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I understand what OP is saying about having trouble adapting to an all woman profession. I worked in a male profession for 10 years before becoming a nurse. I am a woman and in those 10 years I rarely saw a cat fight or heard gossip. One week into my first nursing job and I am pretty sure I knew who every nurse was sleeping with, cheating on their husband with, not a "good enough nurse", etc... all from sitting in the break room and trying to eat my lunch in silence. It is safe to say that a man with pretty much no experience working in a female dominated profession might feel somewhat uncomfortable with the new culture and environment. That doesn't make him a sexist.

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I understand what OP is saying about having trouble adapting to an all woman profession. I worked in a male profession for 10 years before becoming a nurse. I am a woman and in those 10 years I rarely saw a cat fight or heard gossip. One week into my first nursing job and I am pretty sure I knew who every nurse was sleeping with, cheating on their husband with, not a "good enough nurse", etc... all from sitting in the break room and trying to eat my lunch in silence. It is safe to say that a man with pretty much no experience working in a female dominated profession might feel somewhat uncomfortable with the new culture and environment. That doesn't make him a sexist.

Thank you, that's what i wanted to say

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It's unfortunate that you quit. I think nursing needs more male nurses and have found some of the best to be male. What unit were you on and maybe try a different department before quitting? Just a thought.

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That tends to be the kind of talk that goes on in breakrooms, females or males. Definitely can't say you haven't heard men get together and discuss who they've slept with before, and if you haven't it just wasn't in the culture of where you worked. People in general telling their business is common, especially when the closer they are.

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Lol i am a sexist? Why? Ive just said i had problems to adapt myself in a women working enviorment. Imagine you work in the construction with all men, it would be hard right? The other things i said in my post are true except the steroytype that is my point of view. Good luck and im not a sexist at all.

I did work in construction with men. It wasn't hard at all.

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