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Apr 30, 2009 07:13 AM

Obama on Males in Nursing

by Tozz

I mean, nursing, teaching are all areas where we need more men. I’ve always said if we can get more men in the classroom, particularly in inner cities where a lot of young people don’t have fathers, that could be of enormous benefit...I think that if you start seeing nursing pay better and teaching pay better, and some of these other professions, you’re going to see more men in those fields, although there’s a little bit of a chicken and an egg — if you start getting more men in those fields, then the stereotypes about this being a woman’s field and all the gender stereotypes that arise out of thinking that somehow they’re not the primary breadwinner, those stereotypes start being whittled away.

This article will be in Sunday's New York Times. The rest of the preview is here.


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from dren21
Old Apr 30, 2009, 03:06 PM

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Old May 01, 2009, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tozz View Post
I mean, nursing, teaching are all areas where we need more men. I’ve always said if we can get more men in the classroom, particularly in inner cities where a lot of young people don’t have fathers, that could be of enormous benefit...I think that if you start seeing nursing pay better and teaching pay better, and some of these other professions, you’re going to see more men in those fields, although there’s a little bit of a chicken and an egg — if you start getting more men in those fields, then the stereotypes about this being a woman’s field and all the gender stereotypes that arise out of thinking that somehow they’re not the primary breadwinner, those stereotypes start being whittled away.

This article will be in Sunday's New York Times. The rest of the preview is here.
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from phrozenone
Old May 01, 2009, 04:59 PM

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Couldn't have said it better myself...totally agree
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Old May 05, 2009, 10:00 PM
Updated May 05, 2009 at 10:10 PM by ArkansasFan

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I was a male teacher. It didn't help, lol. I quit and became a cop.


Had to edit in case you wondered why I'm here...when I was in paramedic school about five years ago I got interested in FNP so I'm looking at doing the whole RN thing to become one. I've got all the prereqs with my first degree so the process shouldn't be too bad. Bring on a challenge - as long as I can stay in the cop business a little bit.
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Old May 06, 2009, 11:22 AM

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You have to be careful though... I won't say anything until I have time to read the entire blurp, but I don't think he wants just more men in nursing- he wants more people in nursing period, ultimately driving the pay down. No?

Didn't get already give $500,000,000 of the stimulus towards healthcare workers, including teachers and the expansion of nursing programs ($100,000,000 going directly towards nursing)? So how do you expect to expand, yet raise pay like stated above? "I think" and "I'll do" are two totally different things... but coming from a politician, neither mean much.
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Old Jun 29, 2009, 03:00 AM

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so he wants to raise nurse pay, but cut health care costs???
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Old Jul 02, 2009, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Mmmm Gas View Post
You have to be careful though... I won't say anything until I have time to read the entire blurp, but I don't think he wants just more men in nursing- he wants more people in nursing period, ultimately driving the pay down. No?
You really should read it before you type, as this blurb's from an interview. The broad topic for that section of the interview is "The New Gender Gap" and the specific question was:
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Would you also encourage men to become more comfortable working in fields that they traditionally have not? I mean, nursing is a very well-paying field. There’s a shortage there.
What you go on to say has absolutely nothing to do with what he's talking about.
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Old Jul 04, 2009, 04:28 PM

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As if he's told us anything we don't already know. His speechwriters need some new material
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from Tozz
Old Jul 04, 2009, 11:19 PM

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This was an interview. No speechwriters were involved.

Okay, so apparently you don't like the guy. However, don't you find it intriguing that in a sit down interview, without a prepared script, he would initiate this topic on his own? He's obviously given the issue some thought.

Whether or not this translates into a policy initiative is another matter.

Originally Posted by DIC Harwould View Post
As if he's told us anything we don't already know. His speechwriters need some new material
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