Are you man Enough to be a OB nurse?

WanderingSagehen · Oct 6, 2011

You aren't going to have Mom's for patients ever? A lot of guys end up in ER- babies and moms show up there!

j450n, BSN, MSN, RN · Oct 8, 2011

I'm starting my OB rotation at a hospital that specializes in tertiary care for mother/baby. I'm going to try and make the most of it since I think this will probably be my only foray into OB.

Always been interested in adult critical care - don't think OB will change that, but nevertheless I'm actually somewhat excited for this clinical rotation.

exit96 · Oct 8, 2011

Yes, but I am also man enough to admit that I get nauseated when women talk about their kids. That is a majority of the time. I actually took interest in OB when I did my rotation, I may be able to work in L&D but not at all interested in Mother/baby...Not sure why it bugs me, but it does. So I am man enough to say, you can have it :-)...to each his own, no judgment here :-)

commonsense · Oct 9, 2011

As I was looking at the billboard promoting men in nursing, It read Are you man enough to be a nurse, none of these male examples however worked in Maternal-Child Health, they all worked in generic men "safe" areas?
SO I'm honestly asking:
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAN ENOUGH TO WORK OB (L&D)?
WAITING TO HEAR INPUT~

I'm man enough to work in OB, but not man enough to thoroughly dislike my job. I am in an OB/Newborn clinical rotation right now so I finally see why there are no guys in there. It really is a female-based department because of the personality you have to have to work there. In all areas of nursing you need to be able to empathize with your patient, regardless of why he/she is in the facility. I noticed during the clinicals that I could not empathize with the mothers near as much as I empathized with the fathers, wrong area for me.

Bob_N_VA · Oct 10, 2011

Not for me. Plenty of places male nurses can go, for me this isnt one of em. Too many issues or potential problems with exclusively female patients and their hardware. I got through my rotation and didnt look back.

That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Oct 10, 2011

Im smart enough not to.

adnrnstudent, ASN, RN · Oct 13, 2011

Taking my Mother-Baby final in 9 hours and I can't wait for this to be over!!!!! I'm not man enough.

justashooter · Oct 14, 2011

I don't think female nurses are comfortable working with males in OB.

this much is clear. the issue has to do with the female inability to seperate the personal life from the worklife.

in general, most will agree, males seperate the personal life and goals/desires from the work life more easily than females.

speaking as a guy who has seen more than his share of lady partss and has delivered two of his own children in homebirth, i think i'm qualified to be an OB nurse. society, in general, may think differently.

ButtonNose · Oct 15, 2011

I think it's wonderful if men are interested in OB, L&D! However, when I was in school during my maternity placement I found that a lot of the women on the unit (despite having male OB-gyns) refused to have a male nursing student. Not fair, huh?

justashooter · Oct 17, 2011

I found that a lot of the women on the unit (despite having male OB-gyns) refused to have a male nursing student. Not fair, huh?

if i called it pathological i would prolly be dinged, yeah?

Thujone · Oct 17, 2011

No way, I want to work in the ER.

vizzle · Oct 25, 2011

Most definitely not something I want to get into. The idea of of changing assignments every day because a multitude of families would rather have a female nurse. Too much stress and pressure when there really does not need to be. Doing my rotation there I am seeing that is the only insane place to be. I don't mind working with all women or having female patients. Not in the least. This place is a different beast entirely. I did not enjoy my rotation there. The only positive is that they are relatively healthy patients.