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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.
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.
That's because one visited North Carolina once and asked, "Where do the black male nurses hang out?" ...and the person he asked pointed to a tree.
I ran into one of this very rare species of nurse just the other night, he was the charge nurse on my floor. Great guy.
The best CNA I ever saw was a black coworker at an LTC I used to work at; he is now an RN for some very lucky institution.
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.
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, currently living in Upstate getting experience before I move back down.
You know whats interesting, my class began with 75 people, 4 black males in it. When we graduated this past Jan there were 52 people and I was the only black male left. In fact we had 11 males all together which was the largest male class in the schools history. A lot of times I think the reason why we don't have more black males as nurses or teachers or other occupations dominated by women is lack of role models in the community.
I used to work for Human Services (5 years, I'm 27) and I found it disheartening that time and time again, most young black males gravitate toward the negative as an influence since they are surrounded by it. I would tell these adolescents all the time, I grew up in a neighborhood filled with bangers, drug deals that tried to sell me weed and crack on my way to school and Cons.
I rose above it with the support of my parents and siblings and left. Its just sad that most males end up being a statistic. And what aggravates me the most is the excuses I hear sometimes that people come up with to displace the responsibility on something else other then their will to change their lifestyle.
I personally feel that any individual regardless of background, who has a caring adult, a role model and something to aspire to can achieve it. So to answer your question, we are out there but are few and far between.
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Im 1:Born and raised in Brooklyn, currently living in Upstate getting experience before I move back down.
I grew up in a neighborhood filled with bangers, drug deals that tried to sell me weed and crack on my way to school and Cons.
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Also raised in Brooklyn and the same stuff correlated in my life. I've actually have had a very bad past that i'm not proud of.
Good job for getting out of there
GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN
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