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Do female nurses respect male nurses...honesty, please?

maybe i misread op's question...

because we all know respect is earned, and that gender is irrelevant.

but i thought s/he was asking if male nurses are more respected...

not that it's right if they are, but is it true?

do you notice any more tolerance/acceptance/favoritism towards the male nurses you work with?

op, please correct me if i'm wrong.

leslie

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Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.
Do female nurses respect male nurses...honesty, please?

There have been a few haters over the past few decades, but they are few and far between.

Overall, I've gotten support and respect

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maybe i misread op's question...

because we all know respect is earned, and that gender is irrelevant.

but i thought s/he was asking if male nurses are more respected...

not that it's right if they are, but is it true?

do you notice any more tolerance/acceptance/favoritism towards the male nurses you work with?

op, please correct me if i'm wrong.

leslie

"Do female nurses respect male nurses?"

IDK... looked like a simple question based on little experience imo :o

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"Do female nurses respect male nurses?"

IDK... looked like a simple question based on little experience imo :o

i was also reading the title...

along with thinking about the previous threads we've had about male nurses going further faster in nsg profession, as well as being treated more favorably by others.

wasn't sure exactly what op was referring to...

again, asking for correction if i was wrong.

leslie

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In many of the jobs I worked our teams were made up of male and

female nurses. From our point of view, it was an advantage

in our specialty - the nurses all came from many other specialty

backgrounds and their expertise working as a group or individually

was an asset to dealing with very difficult patients.

So I agree, respect is earned,not given and that is true for female

nurses as well.

Today, there are many avenues for education for all nurses, and

gender is not an issue. You can advance your nursing goals

in ways you never could years ago.

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Specializes in Psych, Informatics, Biostatistics.

Being a male in a female dominated workforce has taught me valuable lessons about prejudice. Some people will view you as a non-nurse, while others a valuable asset. During pysch nursing training, the Director an old nun (who every one hated) sat me down in front of one of the profs to give me the answers to one of the exams I needed to re-write. I'll never forget that kindness; I think being male had something to do with it; it was an act not anticipated by anyone.

During RN nursing school, one older prof from Montreal wanted to fail me; one of the leaders of the nursing school went to bat for me, and put an end to that. The next class this woman was able to fail a male friend of mine.

While working as a travel rehab nurse at OSU I injured my back. The nurses at OSU gave me all the heavy lifting assignments and did not hear that I was injured. On my way out the door the nursing administration gave me a bad eval, then asked me to re-up for another thirteen weeks. Morons.

I think being male has been both a bad and good thing; on the whole I am pretty happy with my almost thirty years of service, and don't plan on changing anything.

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Specializes in Med Surg - Renal.
Do female nurses respect male nurses...honesty, please?

They appear to treat me with respect - a great deal of it actually. - whether they do or not.

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Here's a "riddle" (old one):

a man is driving his son to school. they get into an accident and the man dies. the son is rushed to the hospital and when he arrives for emergency surgery the surgeon says "I cant operate on this boy, he's my son."

If you're unfamiliar with it, it may open your eyes to some preconceived notions based on gender tradition.

I've been in this game a lot of years, in many arenas of specialty... and enough years to see males enter in where once they were considered an odd rarity as an RN, and if they did, they were frequently assumed as gay.

I've watched the male docs interactions with male RN's over the years, and while they may not receive more immediate "respect" per se, they receive a comaraderie we as female RN's do not.

I doubt many male RN's have to figure out how to firmly, professionally and tactfully deflay locker-room comments about their backside as they're bending over a chart.

I used to be slightly disdainful of the advance of male RN's into "our" profession. I used to think 'Oh for sh*t's sake, can we as women not have one measley profession that is ours?'

Anymore, I welcome them. Men have their own unique and innate talents they bring to the field.

I also welcome the young male docs, their generation seems to come with less misogyny and preconceived notions as to the RN "role."

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I have seen and worked with many male nurses during clinicals and i realized that I get more help from male nurses than females. Male nurses know the pathophysiology and they are so good at making things easier to understand. Male nurses know their patients well. I know that not all male nurses are smart and not all female are terrible at teaching, but I am only speaking from experience. I get so annoyed when nurses pass meds and follow procedures just bc the dr said so, without knowing how it works, what it does, why is this pt getting it etc. Why this antibiotic and not the others .....

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Specializes in ER.

I honestly think that the male nurses I've worked with in the ER are respected more, questioned less vs females.

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Thank you all, for the much respected replies! Nursing struck me as a career choice, mainly because I LOVE science, very hands-on, and I LOVE helping people. I've read somewhere (and I firmly believe it), that RN's save more lives than MD's; this is mainly due to their attentiveness and overall thorough care of the patient. I have been around enough doctors (in hospital/private sector to make a non-biased statement) that through observing doctors' personalities and behaviors with patients...this article is far from fictional. RN's are some SERIOUS heroes.

On another note... For the most part, men in 'general population' talk a whole lot of s@$%. They immediately assume that I am gay, when that couldn't be further from the truth:D My best friend inspired me to pursue this career. He is entering a CRNA program, which I plan on eventually attending as well. Thank you all, for your feedback. Each and everyone of you are AWESOME! You RN's ROCK!!!!!!

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Do female nurses respect male nurses...honesty, please?

Thank you all, for the much respected replies! Nursing struck me as a career choice, mainly because I LOVE science, very hands-on, and I LOVE helping people. I've read somewhere (and I firmly believe it), that RN's save more lives than MD's; this is mainly due to their attentiveness and overall thorough care of the patient. I have been around enough doctors (in hospital/private sector to make a non-biased statement) that through observing doctors' personalities and behaviors with patients...this article is far from fictional. I have also dated an MD (maybe should've left that part out) RN's are some SERIOUS heroes.

On another note... For the most part, men in 'general population' talk a whole lot of s@$%. They immediately assume that I am gay, when that couldn't be further from the truth My best friend inspired me to pursue this career. He is entering a CRNA program, which I plan on eventually attending as well. Thank you all, for your feedback. Each and everyone of you are AWESOME! You RN's ROCK!!!!!!

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