HOWS L.I.F.E as a MALE Nurse???

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Hows the pay? ????

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Hmm, well my boyfriend is about to become a nurse and I'm not thrilled with all the threads exclaiming how guys get to work with hot nurses and all the flirting and sleeping around that happens. I hope this is not the case, but it reinforces the stereotype of slutty easy nurses which is very unsettling. I'd rather be thrilled for him going to help people in the medical community, not being fawned over and women throwing themseles at him. Nursing school has been enough like this for him. How many times must a man tell women he has a girlfriend? Apparently this is the medical culture we can't get away from.
Just a word of experience....there aren't THAT many hot nurses out there and even less are there hot nurses that throw themselves at every male figure in the medical profession.....and if they are throwing themselves at men it will be the ones that make over a good six figures. Not a bedside nurse or student nurse struggling through school.....I'm wondering if your boyfriend is exaggerating JUST a LITTLE on the throws of female throwing themselves at his feet.

I feel your boyfirend may not be telling you the whole truth and is he really telling them he is not available. AND there isn't THAT much fooling around....trust me on this.

Just food for thought.

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Hmm, well my boyfriend is about to become a nurse and I'm not thrilled with all the threads exclaiming how guys get to work with hot nurses and all the flirting and sleeping around that happens. I hope this is not the case, but it reinforces the stereotype of slutty easy nurses which is very unsettling. I'd rather be thrilled for him going to help people in the medical community, not being fawned over and women throwing themseles at him. Nursing school has been enough like this for him. How many times must a man tell women he has a girlfriend? Apparently this is the medical culture we can't get away from.

I must be working in an unusually boring place.. ;)

Honestly, what you are describing sounds more like Grey's Anatomy than real life.

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I must be working in an unusually boring place.. ;)

Honestly, what you are describing sounds more like Grey's Anatomy than real life.

I was going to post something very similar to this, but you beat me to it. In that case, I second.

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Hmm well my boyfriend is about to become a nurse and I'm not thrilled with all the threads exclaiming how guys get to work with hot nurses and all the flirting and sleeping around that happens. I hope this is not the case, but it reinforces the stereotype of slutty easy nurses which is very unsettling. I'd rather be thrilled for him going to help people in the medical community, not being fawned over and women throwing themseles at him. Nursing school has been enough like this for him. How many times must a man tell women he has a girlfriend? Apparently this is the medical culture we can't get away from.[/quote']

So you are not even in the nursing profession at all?

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^^^ males must keep their distance and boundaries. I have a wonderful g/f and yes some girls at hospital do throw them-self at you. I recall first semester of nursing school right away a RN i was doing my rotation with she gave me her number, what did i do? trash it and move on. it happens in any profession.

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... and yes life is fun. Nursing school was stressful but made very good friends that i still keep in touch with.

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I agree with esme12.

I would focus on him making it through school, passing the nclex, and finding a job....

NOT all the hot nurses after your boyfriend. :)

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Hmm, well my boyfriend is about to become a nurse and I'm not thrilled with all the threads exclaiming how guys get to work with hot nurses and all the flirting and sleeping around that happens. I hope this is not the case, but it reinforces the stereotype of slutty easy nurses which is very unsettling. I'd rather be thrilled for him going to help people in the medical community, not being fawned over and women throwing themseles at him. Nursing school has been enough like this for him. How many times must a man tell women he has a girlfriend? Apparently this is the medical culture we can't get away from.

Only on TV. Most nurses are way too busy for serious fooling around.

If the nurse is indeed "slutty", and that's rare, they're going to be going after attendings, residents...maybe med students.

And a female MD is more likely to be looking at male peers, not nurses.

Don't sweat it.

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Specializes in Critical Care at Level 1 trauma center.

Nursing school was freakin' amazing... I was one of three males in my class (only straight guy) and in my experience girl were definitely ....ummmm... "overly friendly" to say the least. One of my instructors would hug me ALL THE TIME! I may not be the typical experience but my experience was a little like grays anatomy lol. Every time we had out of town clinical and when taking NCLEX we all roomed together and partied after clinical was over. Made a few bad choices and drank a little too much beer but hell I passed my NCLEX and got a job in a level 1 trauma center in trauma/surgical ICU as a new grad ....yup very grays anatomy like! I just hope CRNA school is just as fun!

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replying to darkbloom (I failed at quoting)

Uh, after reading your post I went digging around and there isnt really much content that supports what you're stating. Yes, it's there if you search for it, but that's going in blind. Are you even a nurse? Sounds like you may be an overly attached girlfriend snooping on "possibilities." But consider all other professions, it's all the same thing. Heck even humanitarian/for the greater good kind of work you see a hear a lot of entertaining things when both sexes of younger years collide. Personal experience? A respite camp. Yep.

My unit has a lot of younger RNs, everyone hired in the past few years are

My gf works at UCLA and nothing of that sort ever happens. Even then I wouldn't be worried ahah. Sure does make work entertaining though.

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Reply to specultr:

"My husband is a nurse and I am studying to become one. He's treated very well. Plus, what man doesn't mind working with a lot of women?"

Any man who prefers his work-place gossip free.

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I am just starting to take my pre requisite courses after being in the legal profession for 17 years. I am a 45 yr old male whose goal is to become a psychiatric nurse. I'm very excited about my journey!

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