Are you encouraging other XYs to pursue nursing?

ak2190 · Feb 9, 2015

Why would anyone give one gender a priority in any profession? That would be illegal. And yes, I have several male family members who are in nursing school.

RescueNinjaKy · Feb 9, 2015

I'm a male nurse and I've seen plenty of males who shouldn't be nurses in the first place either.

I don't see the need to increase the amount of male nurses deliberately just because there are more females in the profession. A nurse is a nurse.

If more guys want to be nurses then go ahead but I find it unnecessary to give them priority. It's not like it's a females only profession.

I'm not about to encourage and give priority to Zack the air head who is doing nursing because he heard there's a ton of hot chicks when there can very well be a female who is passionate and hard working. Nursing school admission is based on academic merits not whether you have a member or not.

Nibbles1 · Feb 9, 2015

Really?

Nibbles1 · Feb 9, 2015

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windsurfer8, BSN, RN · Feb 9, 2015

You "see too many female nurses and nursing students that aren't fit to be nurses"?? You are basing this on what standard? Are you monitoring hundreds of nurses and nursing students day in and day out?

Giving a "green light" to unfit nurses. What is "unfit"? Just a subjective thought you have? Do you have quantifiable evidence that female nurses are "unfit" and that males are "fit"?

This post has to be a joke it is so asinine.

The argument is no different than "My uncle smoked until he was 80 so I now know smoking does not cause cancer". You are basing your point on your "observations" without any background on your testing methods. Are you a nurse educator? Are you even a nurse? Who are you observing? When are you observing? What makes a nurse "unfit"?

And saying "XY" doesn't make you sound smart. Your "testing"methods are amazing.

RescueNinjaKy · Feb 9, 2015

You should see his other ridiculous post on 2 inch+ heels for nursing shoes. Strikes me as a mocking misogynist stir the pot poster to me.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Feb 9, 2015

Funny that ^^^^. I thought maybe he was looking for footware to enhance a diminutive stature. :sarcastic:

Zyrv · Feb 10, 2015

Why would anyone give one gender a priority in any profession? That would be illegal. And yes, I have several male family members who are in nursing school.

Actually it's not illegal. I know certain degrees that are male dominated and they are encouraging females to apply(i'm sure they're doing this in many countries), and i don't know exactly what they're doing to encourage and interest female applicants(maybe made entrance requirements easier, or made the degree more female-friendly). Anyhow if they can do this, i don't see why this cannot happen to male applicants in female dominated degrees. It's not "priority" like it's a bad thing. It's more that they should try to balance their student-gender ratio.

Zyrv · Feb 10, 2015

I'm a male nurse and I've seen plenty of males who shouldn't be nurses in the first place either.
I don't see the need to increase the amount of male nurses deliberately just because there are more females in the profession. A nurse is a nurse.
If more guys want to be nurses then go ahead but I find it unnecessary to give them priority. It's not like it's a females only profession.
I'm not about to encourage and give priority to Zack the air head who is doing nursing because he heard there's a ton of hot chicks when there can very well be a female who is passionate and hard working. Nursing school admission is based on academic merits not whether you have a member or not.

I see your point but i disagree. Nobody is gonna accept zack, but perhaps a dylan might deserve a place. Like i said, universities have been encouraging female applicants to male dominated degrees - aren't they "deliberately" increasing the amount of females?. I haven't seen this happen with female dominated ones. Not everyone wants female nurses and not every female is capable of being a nurse. It would be good to see some changes.

Raviepoo · Feb 10, 2015

I think more XXYs should be nurses. Pay equity and equal opportunity are far more important to me than a nurse's genes or what they keep inside their Jeans.

Zyrv · Feb 10, 2015

You "see too many female nurses and nursing students that aren't fit to be nurses"?? You are basing this on what standard? Are you monitoring hundreds of nurses and nursing students day in and day out?
Giving a "green light" to unfit nurses. What is "unfit"? Just a subjective thought you have? Do you have quantifiable evidence that female nurses are "unfit" and that males are "fit"?
This post has to be a joke it is so asinine.
The argument is no different than "My uncle smoked until he was 80 so I now know smoking does not cause cancer". You are basing your point on your "observations" without any background on your testing methods. Are you a nurse educator? Are you even a nurse? Who are you observing? When are you observing? What makes a nurse "unfit"?
And saying "XY" doesn't make you sound smart. Your "testing"methods are amazing.

oh sorreh! i didn't know that unless we're nurse educators, we should sound like dummies. okieh then. xy is how i refer to males and....females to females. dude, you don't know me. nobody is trying to sound smart, but if you prefer people talk like a bunch of kiddies then just say so.

i based that on personal experience, other people's experiences, research, videos, news articles, social media and word of mouth. so i think i know what i'm talking about. if it sounds like i'm trashing some incapable nurses then you're not wrong. i am quite observant so i'm not gonna deny that. yes a lot of observations indeed.

unfit means nurses who are incapable, cruised through their nursing degrees how i don't know, doing nursing for the $$$$$$$$, lazy, entitled, indulges in gossip and drama, unprofessional etc etc. i didn't say all female nurses are unfit and male nurses are fit :cautious: where did i even state these comments?