Afraid of Nursing as a Male?

[pilot833]

I have read a lot of topics about people hating their job because of the female nurses being...Bitc*** toward them

Whether they are told that they aren't doing good enough work, scrutinized for their gender and other things... It seems I have read a lot of them.

I am a 16 year old male looking into Emergency Room Nursing and the thought of going to college and having a bad experience there, or getting a job after going through college and hating it because of my co-workers. I am a person that tells it like it is and if a female nurse would say something to me, well i would let her know how it is....I am afraid I would lose my job or hate my job from these things.

Do you come across a lot of nurses like this?

Have you ever had a bad experience based on gender?

Is it enough to make you dislike your job?

[kool-aide, RN]

Thanks for the feedback guys, It seems to me like most people in Nursing really enjoy it. I am currently applying to volunteer in the Emergency Room at my local hospital to see if i truly like it or not.

I recommend becoming a CNA, you'll find out quickly if you like nursing and if you decide to stick with it, it's a great job to have while you're in college.

[ItsTheDude]

to the op, i think you'll find that women hate on women much harder than they hate on men.

the only guys that really have a problem with nursing are those that don't like having women (bosses) tell them what to do.

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

so your telling me to let myself be bossed around, told what to do, and let people walk all over me....yah right

Of course i am not gonna mouth off all the time, but if somebody constantly gives me crap than i will tell them how it is... now please answer the questions

I haven't encountered any problems due to being male. Most of the women, and men, I work with are a pleasure to know. The only people who've really given me a hard time have been patients and their families, and that has been rare. My favorite part of the job is the time I spend with patients.

I do have to follow orders. I don't have to let people walk over me, but I do have to be a lot more diplomatic than the quoted post.