Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by Beowoulf

Many studies (See: Chung, 2000; Paterson, Tschitkota, Crawford, et al., 1995; Kelly, Shoemaker & Steele, 1994; Villeneuve, 1994) have looked into the possibility that what nursing professors (who are mostly female) unconsciously mean when they say, "think like a nurse" is "think like a woman" - because of the almost-exclusive female historical connection. It is up to men to discern and validate a "male approach" to being a nurse. Certainly, there will be much overlap in approach, but just as certainly, men bring a lot that is unique and good to nursing.

l

I've swung back to my view that the differences between male brains and female brains, though real enough, are much less significant than the differences between any two brains, regardless of gender. My thinking is surely more "nurselike" than the vast majority of women, inasmuch as the vast majority aren't nurses at all. My thinking is probably less nurselike than most female nurses I know, simply because most female nurses I know are a good deal more experienced than I am. I am sure you are quite right that there is a great deal of overlap, and I lean toward agreeing that a "male approach" to nursing may have some advantages, but to the extent that there even is a difference in "male thinking" versus "female thinking," I think it must be more cultural than biological.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by Beowoulf

Using stereotypical images (macho men) to undo other stereotypical images (male nurses must be girly-men) is just sad. Plain old sad.

Why is that ... please elaborate?





I think it is a good marketing idea to let young men know that nursing is not a hand maiden profession, for men or women in the nursing profession.

- JMHO

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

(Bit off topic sorry).

Last night I was watching that movie "Meet the Parents", with Ben Stiller & Robert De Niro, any one else seen that ?

One running "joke" was Ben Stiller's character being a male nurse, as if it was so unusual as to be worth commenting on, with an underlying "is he gay", or "that's no job for a man", sort of attitude.

I know, it's just a movie, and I liked it apart from that stuff which just seemed a bit lame, and out of date.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by kennyd

(Bit off topic sorry).

Last night I was watching that movie "Meet the Parents", with Ben Stiller & Robert De Niro, any one else seen that ?

One running "joke" was Ben Stiller's character being a male nurse, as if it was so unusual as to be worth commenting on, with an underlying "is he gay", or "that's no job for a man", sort of attitude.

I know, it's just a movie, and I liked it apart from that stuff which just seemed a bit lame, and out of date.

Hollywood does an injustice to Male RNs.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by kennyd

(Bit off topic sorry).

Last night I was watching that movie "Meet the Parents", with Ben Stiller & Robert De Niro, any one else seen that ?

One running "joke" was Ben Stiller's character being a male nurse, as if it was so unusual as to be worth commenting on, with an underlying "is he gay", or "that's no job for a man", sort of attitude.

I know, it's just a movie, and I liked it apart from that stuff which just seemed a bit lame, and out of date.

I'm a movie freak. Yeah I saw it. I hated that part. The only thing I liked was Stiller's continual justification of his reasons to stay a nurse.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by Corvette Guy

Hollywood does an injustice to Male RNs.

So, at least we have that much in common with female RNs.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by nursemike

So, at least we have that much in common with female RNs.

No, I'd say Hollywood, and the media in general, does more of an injustice to males in nursing than females.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by Corvette Guy

No, I'd say Hollywood, and the media in general, does more of an injustice to males in nursing than females.

if i'm reading your opinion correctly, i must ask, why is it more damaging for the media to portray male nurses as gay vs. female nurses as slutty or incredibly stupid?

leslie

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Originally Posted by earle58

if i'm reading your opinion correctly, i must ask, why is it more damaging for the media to portray male nurses as gay vs. female nurses as slutty or incredibly stupid?

leslie

Leslie, with all due respect... my complaint is neither of the above, really.

My complaint is movie, television, uniform ads, etc. rarely display males as nurses... period. I do remember seeing a segment of Law & Order [that & M*A*S*H are my favorites] where a male nurse was married, but LOL he ended up going to prison for knowingly allowing his patient to be murdered by the patient's family. Then, the movie, Meet the Parents, has the father-in-law tormenting the male nurse throughout the movie, LOL. Otherwise, you rarely see on television a male nurse, regardless of sexual orientation. I would just like to see more male nurses on television... of course portrayed as good, hard working, autonomous nurses. BTW, I'll try not to let your incorrect read of my opinion bother me.

Regards to female nurses in the media being portrayed, my complaint is the public sees female nurses in the all whites [including the outdated white hat] being hand maidens for crusty old MDs. RNs of today [both male & female] are way more autonomous than days gone by.

Re: Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

cg,

your contention is the media does more injustice to males than females in nsg.
how?
because the media does little to acknowledge male nurses?
and still, this is more unjust than female nurses being portrayed as either the dipsy bimbo or naughty nancy images?

no need to be offended at all by any misinterpretation.
that's why i prefaced it with questioning whether i was reading your opinion correctly.
evidentally, i didn't.
either way, i have learned to question the media in most of their presentations.
i just merely roll my eyes, if i do happen to be watching tv.

leslie