Any black male nurses out there?

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I am curious to know if there are any black male nurses out there?? I personally only know of one!! So just wondering if any exist :) , and where? I am from NC, and don't see a lot of them around.

Specializes in Step-down ICU.
Wanna talk minority? I'm a Black, 6'3", 350lb male nursing student. Guess who'll be handling the rowdy ER patients when he graduates, lol? I could NOT care less about the perception of being gay. I'm married and VERY secure in my manhood. I tell you what, though. It would be nice to look around my pre-req classes and find another MALE (black, white, purple, green or blue) that was going into nursing. 1 truly is a lonely number...

At least I get to be surrounded by some extremely attractive women (who will defend me at a moment's notice). I cal them my School Wives!!!

btw, I am 34 and in Las Vegas

LOL!..."school wives" that is funny! Hang in there, it gets tough and you will need the school wives to help you through!

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Specializes in Step-down ICU.
I'm a black male nursing student, hope to so be nurse. I'm moving back home to Charlotte in the fall to attend UNCC, maybe we'll be in a couple of classes together...:cool: Are you currently working in the medical field?

I'm now a RN, yes. So you've been accepted to UNCC? Well congrats! :yeah: Rest up now...

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Specializes in Step-down ICU.
I am a black nurse working in the ICU as well. I happen to be a female one, but I still notice that there isn't a whole lot of us (female or male) around in the ICU. In fact, where I work, I am the ONLY black nurse on my unit (for the day shift and night shift). Needless to say I stick out like a sore thumb, and feel like I'm under a mgnifying glass all the time. I wonder why alot of my people choose not to do the ICU?

I've noticted this too! A lot of blacks here tend to be in the Rehab, Labor and Delivery, Med-Surg setting...what's up with that?

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LOL!..."school wives" that is funny! Hang in there, it gets tough and you will need the school wives to help you through!

i hope i am not too old to be a crna. i'd be 41 when i finish...... oh the worry, lol

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Specializes in Step-down ICU.
i hope i am not too old to be a crna. i'd be 41 when i finish...... oh the worry, lol

Why the worry? No worries...you'll be the perfect age to be a CRNA :D

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Why the worry? No worries...you'll be the perfect age to be a CRNA :D

Thank you. You totally just made my day. Here I am fretting over being 41 and a new CRNA. I thought I'd be the odd-man-out in class and the workforce being a "newbie" at 41.

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I've noticted this too! A lot of blacks here tend to be in the Rehab, Labor and Delivery, Med-Surg setting...what's up with that?

From what I have gathered you need a minimum of one year ICU experience just to apply to most CRNA programs. So without it we couldn't submit applications to these programs. That lack of AA's in ICU settings can be a direct indication as to why there aren't anymore of us in CRNA programs.

Lord willing if I do ever graduate as a CRNA (no not in school yet, still doing RN school stuff) I would like to start a mentoring program and consistently have all underrepresented people stage with me on my day-to-day duties.

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I am a CNA II in Charlotte, NC

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Specializes in Med Surg-Geriatrics.

I have worked with many male nurses here in Tampabay area both black and white (and rarely are any of them gay btw,it is perfectly acceptable for men to become nurses nowadays without the stigma of being called gay,now I will say that I have also worked with many lesbian nurses over the years,its really a non-issue the important thing is job performance

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Specializes in Operating Room.

I'm a newly graduated black male RN in South Carolina! In my graduating class, there were 90 of us, and I was the only AA male to graduate. The semester before me there were two. I am now working in the midst of my New Grad Orientation in the Operating Room at a Level One Trauma Center.

I also completed alot of my clinicals at the hospital, where they have around 15,000 employees, and I have only come across 2 AA male RN's, in which one is in an administrative role.

As far as working in ICU's, I was a tech in the ICU(CTICU/CCU) for a year. There were 2 AA female nurses out of 80 RN's. It always bothered me to see this demographic on a daily basis. I would have loved to work there, but apparently they don't hire new grads, which left a bitter taste in my mouth after working there while in school for a year. Made me feel as though they were telling me I was incapable of being one of their peers...but that's another story!

I hope one day not only AA males, but the COUNTLESS number of UAP that are AA(Techs, housekeeping, etc.) can see the vast opportunity that this profession has to offer and take advantage of it. Sometimes it kills me to walk in the hospital and see the number of AA in ancillary roles. Now I understand why some of them call it the "plantation"...unbelievable.

I'm trying my best to recruit and retain!

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Specializes in Step-down ICU.
I'm a newly graduated black male RN in South Carolina! In my graduating class, there were 90 of us, and I was the only AA male to graduate. The semester before me there were two. I am now working in the midst of my New Grad Orientation in the Operating Room at a Level One Trauma Center.

I also completed alot of my clinicals at the hospital, where they have around 15,000 employees, and I have only come across 2 AA male RN's, in which one is in an administrative role.

As far as working in ICU's, I was a tech in the ICU(CTICU/CCU) for a year. There were 2 AA female nurses out of 80 RN's. It always bothered me to see this demographic on a daily basis. I would have loved to work there, but apparently they don't hire new grads, which left a bitter taste in my mouth after working there while in school for a year. Made me feel as though they were telling me I was incapable of being one of their peers...but that's another story!

I hope one day not only AA males, but the COUNTLESS number of UAP that are AA(Techs, housekeeping, etc.) can see the vast opportunity that this profession has to offer and take advantage of it. Sometimes it kills me to walk in the hospital and see the number of AA in ancillary roles. Now I understand why some of them call it the "plantation"...unbelievable.

I'm trying my best to recruit and retain!

Congratulations and thanks for sharing! I agree with you, a large number of the hospital ancillary staff tends to be AA! I also hope one day they take advantage of the profession to better themselves. We've come a long way, but still have a long way to go. Do you have any ideas on recruiting and retaining? LOL...I've talked to SOOO many people about it, but very few have actually taken the plunge. What's up with that?

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My fiance is a black male RN, and he did ICU 8 mos, moved on to registry, and is now in CRNA school (moved up quickly), are you still in the south? move to a big city, and you will find lots more diversity.

Hi...

Will your Fiance still work while in CRNA school ? I have hopes of doing the same.

FYI-

Still in Nursing school with two semesters to go ADN. Career Changer Bachelors in Business. 18yrs in the Financial industry and I am done with this. Just offered a Summer Externship in Orthopedics. I asked for ICU...but the recruiter thought Orthro would be a better fit......hey...I will take it.

Thinking about learning Spanish.

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