Graduating in Nursing from an all female college

thejigisup · Sep 25, 2007

I would apply.

caliotter3 · Sep 25, 2007

Seats in nursing programs are hard to come by in most of the country lately. If that was available, and other options were not convenient or did not present themselves at all, you bet. You take what you can get, when it's offered to you.

Nursey Face · Sep 25, 2007

Maybe I'm not understanding the question but why would this matter? I go to an all-female college for undergraduate but they do allow males into their NP program. I have 4 men in my program and the rest are women and no one cares one bit. If the education is excellent, what's the issue?

elkpark · Sep 25, 2007

I'm not sure why this would be an issue. From what I hear, there is so much competition for the few nursing school "slots" out there that most students would jump at the chance to go anywhere (to a Martian college! :)) if they could get in. Any nursing program is going to be majority female anyway, so how much difference does it really make??

It's not exactly the same thing, but I had a good friend (white) many years ago who went to nursing school at a traditionally African-American state university in our state -- at the time, he was one of about FOUR white students in, not just the nursing program, but the entire university. He was v. happy with the education he got and the friends that he made there, plus he got a minority scholarship -- since, at that school, he was a minority.

If you're serious about wanting to enter nursing, it would be foolish to arbitrarily rule out any legitimate possibility for school.

neenja · Sep 25, 2007

wow. just wow. self consciousness is teh suck.

elkpark · Sep 25, 2007

wow. just wow. self consciousness is teh suck.

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neenja · Sep 25, 2007

it means self consciousness would keep me from feelin comfy at an all-female or an all-african amer institution. besides, those females chose to surround themselves with females only, as did the african americans right?

elkpark · Sep 25, 2007

Actually, I believe you would find, if you looked into it, that most traditionally all-female or African-American colleges/universities are, nowadays, aggressively recruiting a more diverse student body. (Heck, my friend got a minority scholarship to attend his university because, as a white, he was a minority on that campus.) If the traditionally female college wanted to remain all-female, it would be free to do so, but it has chosen to admit males, right?

You could say the same thing about the nursing profession -- will you be "feelin comfy" in a majority female profession?? Although the percentage of men has certainly increased over the last couple decades or so and male nurses are much more visible than they used to be, the profession overall is still ~95% female, right? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong -- I'm just recalling that # off the top of my head). One could argue that women chose to surround themselves with women by entering a traditionally female (and still majority female) occupation -- does that mean men shouldn't become nurses?

If this is that big a deal for you, I'm wondering if you've really thought through this choice ... I don't mean that as a criticism, or that I'm confident you haven't thought it through; I'm just curious. :)

neenja · Sep 26, 2007

Well since you asked, I am in the process of thinking things through. I thought I was ok with being a murse, in a female dominated profession. Shoot, I even thought I was ok with going to the all girl school...but now that the time is coming to commit I'm having seconds thoughts. By the way, its not like the girl school is my only option. Even if I was 100% ok with it, it wouldn't be the first choice.

treysdaddy08 · Sep 29, 2007

would you go to an all female college with a mixed class, or a mixed college with probably just as few (or less) men in the program. Personally I'd rather be surrounded by a bunch of women...

neenja · Oct 3, 2007

yeah what ^^^ said. good call.