Are you encouraging other XYs to pursue nursing?

[Zyrv]

There's a shortage of XY nurses and it would be good to see more male nurses pursue nursing. That can only happen when people start encouraging our XY counterparts, if they are fit to become health/medical professionals. Encourage the male members of your family, relatives, friends, colleagues etc.

I also don't see why nursing education providers aren't giving male applicants a priority in enrolments. It's only fair. I see too many female nurses and nursing students that aren't fit to be nurses in the first place. It's embarrassing that health science faculties are giving green light to unfit "nurses".

[Dranger]

I don't think we should PUSH males to go into nursing but I do find males that go into the profession doing it for practical reasons. Many were once medics, military etc and are looking for the next step.

I did know a lot of females at my university who went into nursing because of it perceived as a appropriate gender role, family pressure or perceived compassionate/emotional satisfaction. Thankfully most of these students were weeded out and moved on to other things cough psychology cough elementary education cough.

[kitkats4breakfs]

The nursing profession would greatly benefit from having more males. Nursing bargaining groups and the overall development of nursing would benefit. Right now men makeup less than 15% of the nursing population. Imagine how different nursing would be if men made up 30%. Now imagine 40%.