I believe the preferred term is: extortionist health care providers.

But I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by lilwill27330

maybe i should move to bmore or tampa.....lol.

LOL...I know, or maybe Atlanta??....

Is that a joke?

Originally Posted by nursemike

I believe the preferred term is: extortionist health care providers.

But I could be wrong.

Ok I am assuming you are being sarcastic...right??

Originally Posted by papawjohn

Hey Y'all

Wondered for years about this demographic being underrepesented in our field. Thought it must be because of the association of male nurses and being gay. (From reading and talking to the black guys I've known over the years--being "punk" is more anathema in the black community than in the white-bread-suburbs where I grew up.)

Lately I've met several. A couple in Baltimore and now in TampaBayArea. All of them seem at ease and of high caliber. Maybe the 'pioneers' could be thought of as the 'cream of the crop'?

Papaw John

You make a very valid point about the association of male nurses and being gay. I think this could be true for any man of any race. Especially those who are "old school" and think nursing is only for women. Anyway, I would love to see more minority males represent in the field of nursing. Thanks for responding!

Originally Posted by LBHOTGIRL99

Ok I am assuming you are being sarcastic...right??

Yeah, just kidding. Not really meaning to be sarcastic, though--just a play on words. I'm not someone who gets too bent out of shape over the "male nurse" label, although I can understand the angst. "Black male nurse" is an even narrower label, and in some contexts could offend, though it's clear you didn't mean it that way. Plus, there's the whole "black male" vs. "blackmail" thing...

Even here in WV, there are men of color who are nurses, but not a lot of them. In my class of 80, there was one black man and one Asian woman--but that's about representative of our population.

Originally Posted by LBHOTGIRL99

You make a very valid point about the association of male nurses and being gay. I think this could be true for any man of any race. Especially those who are "old school" and think nursing is only for women. Anyway, I would love to see more minority males represent in the field of nursing. Thanks for responding!

i too, would luv to c alot more male nurses, especially of color. i try to sell the job to my nephews, they're not hearing it. so, im left with my hopes. its hard to find african american men in the medical field period, especially as nurses.

And another one...

I'm black, male, and a soon to be nurse (applying this semester)!

CrazyPremed

Lots of them in CT

There are quite a few!

Im a demographic minority in nursing too. Although I dont know that the numbers are that small. In my BSN class there were 5 or 6 of us. When I went to Univ of MD, there were an average of 3 in each grad class. Ive never been to influenced by stats though. No matter what demographic your in, nursing is the place to be.

I think that any science field has very few black men. I have had two careers, Architecture, very few black men, and my current one, Computer professional. I see very few in this profession also, unless you count the Asian Indians (joke). I have met two black male nurse in my area and 2 black CRNA's. This coming May I will be making the switch from Computers to Nursing, then on to CRNA.