Hey guys I have read many of your posts about bias, not fitting it, the mean girls don't like me, blah, blah, blah.
Let me give all you new male nurses some advice. Stop with this whole male vs female nursing BS. We are all professionals and should conduct our selves as such. I have been a nurse (male ha) for about 4 years now and I still don't understand why new male nurses are so sensitive about things...."Oh my patient doesn't want me to put a foley in because I'm male"...get over it. Just have one of your female colleagues put it in and return the favor some other time.
Maybe its because I work in a busy 33 bed ICU and at least 30%+ of us are male, but I just don't see the problem. We don't have problems in our unit because we are not males and females....just nurses. If your not comfortable working in close proximity with the opposite sex that is very telling about your personality.
Now Im not saying don't protect yourself. If you are putting in a foley, rectal tube, ect in a female just have one of the women hang out in the room for a bit till your done but dont pawn off your duties just because "you don't feel comfortable"
And for god sake stop assuming all women only talk about gossip, makeup, and bon bons (what ever those are lol). I for one know many women on my unit who hunt, work out, play video games, nerd out on medical stuff, and are adrenaline junkies.
LEARN TO BE SOCIAL AND EXPAND YOUR REALM OF THINKING!
I never have any real problems with patients or staff. Yes, sometimes the old girls want a female but who cares. On the other side of the coin some enjoy it. I had an ole girl in her 90s tell me there hadn't been a man down there in 30 years, we both laughed after I asked her how did I get so lucky. Do your thing and it'll all work out.
Hey guys I have read many of your posts about bias, not fitting it, the mean girls don't like me, blah, blah, blah.
Let me give all you new male nurses some advice. Stop with this whole male vs female nursing BS. We are all professionals and should conduct our selves as such. I have been a nurse (male ha) for about 4 years now and I still don't understand why new male nurses are so sensitive about things...."Oh my patient doesn't want me to put a foley in because I'm male"...get over it. Just have one of your female colleagues put it in and return the favor some other time.
Maybe its because I work in a busy 33 bed ICU and at least 30%+ of us are male, but I just don't see the problem. We don't have problems in our unit because we are not males and females....just nurses. If your not comfortable working in close proximity with the opposite sex that is very telling about your personality.
Now Im not saying don't protect yourself. If you are putting in a foley, rectal tube, ect in a female just have one of the women hang out in the room for a bit till your done but dont pawn off your duties just because "you don't feel comfortable"
And for god sake stop assuming all women only talk about gossip, makeup, and bon bons (what ever those are lol). I for one know many women on my unit who hunt, work out, play video games, nerd out on medical stuff, and are adrenaline junkies.
LEARN TO BE SOCIAL AND EXPAND YOUR REALM OF THINKING!
STOP BEING SO SENSITIVE!
you sure you posting this to the correct forum? Men Sensitive? oh no a female won't let me do her foley? "weep, weep, cry, cry" I'm so hurt!
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I never have any real problems with patients or staff. Yes, sometimes the old girls want a female but who cares. On the other side of the coin some enjoy it. I had an ole girl in her 90s tell me there hadn't been a man down there in 30 years, we both laughed after I asked her how did I get so lucky. Do your thing and it'll all work out.
I had a female patient who needed a straight cath for urinary retention. I could tell that she was uncomfortable with a male performing the procedure, so I did a task swap with one of my female colleagues who was trying to teach a male patient to self cath when he went home. She said that he didn't seem to retain anything regardless of the amount of instruction, and she suspected (probably correctly) that he just wanted for her to cath him. Seeing the disappointment on his face when I walked in the room was worth the price of admission. I asked him if he needed me to demonstrate for him or teach him anything about self cathing. Lo and behold, he had remembered what my colleague had taught him.
I had a female patient who needed a straight cath for urinary retention. I could tell that she was uncomfortable with a male performing the procedure, so I did a task swap with one of my female colleagues who was trying to teach a male patient to self cath when he went home. She said that he didn't seem to retain anything regardless of the amount of instruction, and she suspected (probably correctly) that he just wanted for her to cath him. Seeing the disappointment on his face when I walked in the room was worth the price of admission. I asked him if he needed me to demonstrate for him or teach him anything about self cathing. Lo and behold, he had remembered what my colleague had taught him.
Not to cause s stir, but in my experience male nurses are better at doing female caths. Literally takes us 5-10 mins but when female nurses go in, esp if its a "difficult" one there's always like groups of 3 or 4 nurses and noone can seem to get it in 30 mins and 2 caths later cause one went in the wrong orifice.
oh no a female won't let me do her foley? 
"weep, weep, cry, cry" I'm so hurt! 
barcode120x, RN, NP
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Well matters if shes a hottie and you want her to be yours :)