Any males out there tired of the drama?

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Anyone out there get real tired about the constant drama, anxiety, and non stop worrying exerted by your female classmates? To me, it seems like the majority of them have nothing to talk about other than nursing school, tests, and frustrating about clinicals/instructors. This becomes very irritating for me anyways. Just wanted to know if any other guys out there find it highly annoying?

I definitely know how you feel. I transferred nursing schools, and I still get phone calls and texts about all the drama and tests and crap that happens down there. I love going down there to visit, but I had to limit it because I couldn't take all the drama. I don't even go there and I don't know any of the people they're talking about, but the girls still insist on venting to me. The whole point of going down there was to hang out and have fun, not get bombarded with drama!

Specializes in Medical-Surgical-Telemetry.

See that's why I love working with guys. I'm a CNA at the nursing home and really enjoy working with most of the guys because they just get stuff done and don't stress about everything. In my nursing program as well, there is a lot of gossip and drama and I've even played a part in some of it. :( The few guys just seem to go with the flow. That's why I think it's great that more guys are becoming nurses. :)

Any tips for a guy who's enetering nursing school and wants to avoid these hazards?

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Any tips for a guy who's enetering nursing school and wants to avoid these hazards?

You can't. You have to enter into a whole different mind set. You will have to learn the soap operas,(why Brad went over for Tiffany after he did the 'Horizontal Hula' with Beth Anne.) Shoes and hair color are vital to the care of the patient. When you have a young female for a patient, never say that you think she is good looking. That to a female nurse means that you don't love you wife anymore and that you want to jump in bed with your patient. Never ask the females a direct question, like what time is it. They will turn it around and say that you don't like anyone on the unit and you want a transfer to OB-Gyn to see a lot of naked females. For any of the female nurses out there that think I am wrong. All of this behavior has happen to me. Even to the point of one of the females calling my wife and telling her I am having an affair with a female patient. My wife just laugh and ask this B...h Never go into a female patient's room alone. If I had stole a case of Viagra. because that would be the only way......." The busy body CNA was upset very upset. When I told her the next time that she did something like that, I would sue the A.. off of her. So,Brother, just watch yourself.

^^^WDF? lol.

Damn that's some sneaky stuff you've experienced.

I just hope when i start Nursing school that all of the guys come together as a group/clique if these things would occur

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I hope so too. Just remember it is a profession dominated by females. Anything can happen.

I think that is why male nurses are getting popular,

we don't complain, AS MUCH. lol

Let the flaming begin.

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I think that is why male nurses are getting popular,

we don't complain, AS MUCH. lol

Let the flaming begin.

AMEN, BROTHER!

As far as the entire CRNA route many of you have suggested to me because of your assumption that I am not a "people" person is complete BS. You do not know me in the least. Every single patient I have dealed with in clinical loved me, maybe for not being a superb "caring" happy go lucky nurse, but for being REAL. I can assure you, I will be a highly successfuly nurse practitioner.

That may be true, but I still don't understand why you didn't study to be a PA. It dispenses with the nursing theory you're not fond of, while focusing more on the types of things that you will focus on as an FNP.

Here in Florida, you can get a PA license with a 2-year PA degree, though as far as I know, everyone in the local college's program has at least several hundred hours of clinical experience of some type (or have shadowed a PA and/or done other volunteer work), and have one or more undergraduate degrees. Regardless of your level of education, you still have to pass the PA national exam.

I've seen the PA curriculum, and it's devoid of what you would call "fluff" (i.e., nursing theory). There are as well very good masters-level PA programs. In fact, if you're very ambitious and as academically-capable as you sound, you could have gone to med school. Also, if you already have a degree, there are direct-entry NP masters programs, so you could have skipped at least some of the undergrad "drama" (though you'd still have had to take RN classes).

Are you a masochist? For your purposes, what is the advantage of being a FNP versus a PA?

Nope, I actually care about my education, so I spend ample amount of time studying and worrying about my scores as the next perfectionist.

You know some people will believe that you are doing exactly the same thing that your female colleagues are doing. Except in a different way.

Complaining, but complaining about others complaining and not moving on. Dude if you think its okay people can vent, lend that same thinking to your female colleagues. Women and Men have been socialized to take things differently, but not all women complain about the same things.

I haven't even started nursing school though, so I don't know. But I have been through four years of schooling and in that time I have heard plenty of complaining about grades, teachers, and such by both men and women. I don't think there is something different about nursing.

But you do have your right, and be it far from me to keep it from you to complain. Just give your fellow classmates, female or not, the same respect.

Specializes in Med-Surg.

My advice, buy an ipod and excite your cochlear nerve.

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