Re: Male surgical nurse?
There's sexism everywhere, just like there's prejudices everywhere. Depends on how you handle it. For the most part, if I had to generalize, the male nurses tend to get more respect from the patients simply because they are male and mistaken for "The Doctor"! Also, there's that weird tendency to think that a male RN is "working on getting an MD". Kinda stupid, but there it is.
As for certification, if you mean certifying as a medical-surgical RN, you need to have been working for a minimum of two years AS an RN, with a minimum of 2000 hours of clinical time in the specialty before being allowed to sit for cert exam.
If you're meaning surgical as in 'OR', that's probably best answered by someone else
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