Any male NP's out there?

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I saw that there was a question in a thread about a week ago regarding the experiences of male NP's and no one responded to it.

As a man in the process of applying to a RN-MSN-FNP program I would love to get some feedback from male NP's. Any advice, experiences, or problems would be helpful. Any regrets or things you would do differently?

Also, any female NP's who work alongside male NP's could contribute to the discussion as well.

Thanks in advance,

Serpico

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
I saw that there was a question in a thread about a week ago regarding the experiences of male NP's and no one responded to it.

As a man in the process of applying to a RN-MSN-FNP program I would love to get some feedback from male NP's. Any advice, experiences, or problems would be helpful. Any regrets or things you would do differently?

Also, any female NP's who work alongside male NP's could contribute to the discussion as well.

Thanks in advance,

Serpico

I, too, recall that particular issue. Have you done a search?

Maybe you can start a new thread in the Male Nursing forum again and see what response is out there.

I work alongside a male NP. No problems really. We compliment each other. We are professionals and learn to thwart any problems we face. I have had experience with some NPs, male and female, with whom I would never associate ever again. Just one opinion of many, I am sure.

I hope you receive answers to your questions.

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I saw that there was a question in a thread about a week ago regarding the experiences of male NP's and no one responded to it.

As a man in the process of applying to a RN-MSN-FNP program I would love to get some feedback from male NP's. Any advice, experiences, or problems would be helpful. Any regrets or things you would do differently?

Also, any female NP's who work alongside male NP's could contribute to the discussion as well.

Thanks in advance,

Serpico

I am a male NP. This is a good field to get into. And, no matter what anyone says or thinks, there is an advantage to being male. I don't think it's politically correct, but the numbers don't lie. Males bring down more $$$ and the males in my class all had more job offers than we knew what to do with where some of our classmates still haven't found one.

This outta start a riot... not what I was trying to do, but that's just how net ghosts operate.

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Hey guys!

Thanks for starting the thread. I was about to start one myself. Being a male NP has been a lot my mind. I've been a male-nurse for almost 15 yrs now. But originally I went to nursing school (in Eastern Europe) as stepping stone. It usually helps ppl to get into med school later. But when I came to U.S it was pretty good deal, and I've stuck with that for a while. So I took my shot at one Carib med school, did two semesters,and realized it's not going to work with all the debt I was going to get myself into, and also somehow to manage to be a hubby and dady :uhoh3: .Now that I reluctantly made this painful decision to withdraw from the medical program,and moving towards FNP, I'm still agonizing over being called male-nurse :imbar .I don't want to start a riot here, but the nursing has never been my true love.I even thought about taking a PA route,because with all my med school prereqs I could enter PA directly and do it in less than two years. Since my B.S.and M.S. are not in nursing RN-MSN-FNP could take around 3 1/2-4 yrs :uhoh21:

Anyway, it's good to here from guys in nursing.

Thanks

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I'm a male nurse and FNP student...and I don't plan on having any problems :chuckle

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I'm a male second career nursing student. I'm just starting my direct entry FNP program at Simmons. It's really assuring to know that there are other guys out there in my situation.

I heard that some guys had issues developing their physical assessment skills because they were the only guy in the class and the girl students didn't want him practicing on them (although it was just fine the other way around). Anybody out there have the same problem?

Thanks.

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I've worked with many male Acute Care NPs and CRNAs but not many male FNPs. Those that I worked with were very knowledgable and they appeared to be respected more by the physicians than the female NPs.

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I'm a month away from graduating with an adult NP degree and have never regretted it. I'm a career changer and originally was thinking the PA route, but I decided on nursing after chemistry and am all the better off: as an NP you get to tell a pt. WHY they need to lower their cholesterol and what the results mean. MDs and PAs only treat (just my opinion). I agree with the others: being a male in a largely female profession only helps.

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I'm a male second career nursing student. I'm just starting my direct entry FNP program at Simmons. It's really assuring to know that there are other guys out there in my situation.

I heard that some guys had issues developing their physical assessment skills because they were the only guy in the class and the girl students didn't want him practicing on them (although it was just fine the other way around). Anybody out there have the same problem?

Thanks.

We had paid "volunteers" to do pelvics on, however most guys shouldn't have too much trouble getting "volunteers." I can see some great pick-up lines here....if I was single, of course.:smokin:

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****shoots spitballs through a straw at all the dudes that say guys fare better as NPs****

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We had paid "volunteers" to do pelvics on, however most guys shouldn't have too much trouble getting "volunteers." I can see some great pick-up lines here....if I was single, of course.:smokin:

It was tougher practicing pelvic exams on the men in the class. But then again, it must have been tough for them practicing the prostate checks on the females too.

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I am a new grad, NP who is about to start an emergency medicine fellowship. during my time as a student I worked along sided other NP/PA/DO students, we all had varying interests, from family practice to ortho.

in the end i felt that there wasn't a difference with respect in relationship to your sex, What i say was a deference with confidence and how much you knew. I saw both men and women who were able to jump right in and begin learning and be a productive provider. it was the quite and unsure people who didn't receive the respect (from the other providers and the patients) or were not as effective with the patients.

During my rotations in emergency (the only pace I practiced women's health) I was assertive and proactive. I would grab another female student, or a female RN and start a pelvic. I never gave the patients a choice, or asked them if they felt uncomfortable. this said, if the PT said they would rather a woman, i would say one of thee things, 1, all the providers who were on were male, 2 If there was an available female student I could get her to do it now. or 3 she would need to wait for the female provider and this could add more time on her ED stay. 99% of the time the PT would choses for me to preform the pelvic then and there just to quicken her ED stay.

If you are still in the process of looking at schools I would HIGHLY recommend looking at PA programs. from what i have seen they focus much more completely on medicine and less on some of the BS of the "nursing" approach. I didn't come to this realization until i had a year left of NP school. I was lucky and I was able to take PA classes for free to build on my medical knowledge.

good luck in school!

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