Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

ern91 · Jul 16, 2006

Male nurses are no different than female nurses other than they have an exuse not to assist in gyn exams or place catheters in female patients

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jul 16, 2006

Um, as long as it's a competent and caring nurse (hey NOTE that i did not put a specific gender), that's what matters.

Although i will say that "male nurses" don't blend in very well when people act like it's a big deal that they're in that dept. :rolleyes:

nursemary9, BSN, RN · Jul 16, 2006

I have had nothing but positive experiences with nurses who happen to be male.

I work med/surg/ hem/ onc.

They are all just nurses on my unit; there really is no differentiation. Everyone is treated the same.

Mary Ann

Suebee6 · Jul 16, 2006

We do not have any male nurses on our unit. A patient was just asking me about it the other day...I said we didnt have any and she said she thought it would be strange to have one. I asked her why...since her doctor was a male, which made her stop and think. She then decided it would not be strange after all. Why is it her first thought was negative?

dougRN2BE · Jul 16, 2006

Quite simple...we live in a society that largely expects males to be doctors and females to be nurses. This isn't specific to the medical profession...it happens in many. In order to change this type of mentality, it requires education, education and more education. Hopefully, one day everyone will see a man and a woman in scrubs and not immediately assume that one is the doctor and the other the nurse.

burn out · Jul 16, 2006

yes we hae male nurses on our ICU uint and have had them for many years.

I find them to be just as competent as female nurses and enjoy working with the mix. the only problem I have with male nurses is that ,just like at home they don't like to clean up after themselves. The always leave their dishes sitting around the kitchen, you can find dirty linen anywhere in the patients room, the night stands are never cleaned off, and they leave the toilet seat up. But, we still love them.

LNDRN19 · Jul 16, 2006

We do not have any male nurses on our unit. A patient was just asking me about it the other day...I said we didnt have any and she said she thought it would be strange to have one. I asked her why...since her doctor was a male, which made her stop and think. She then decided it would not be strange after all. Why is it her first thought was negative?

Good point!

tridil2000, MSN, RN · Jul 16, 2006

We do not have any male nurses on our unit. A patient was just asking me about it the other day...I said we didnt have any and she said she thought it would be strange to have one. I asked her why...since her doctor was a male, which made her stop and think. She then decided it would not be strange after all. Why is it her first thought was negative?

just look at nursemary's icon in this thread.

that is the image that has been fed to the public for years.

i think male nurses should be very proactive in marketing their existance and take on the people who continue to print such 'sexist' images!

get going men! burn your ..... hmmmm.....??? :confused:

Elysium_Won · Jul 16, 2006

I work as a tech and am the only male on my unit. While I am in school, I only work Sundays. Each week when I go in, the staff lounge is a complete pig sty - crumbs on the table, magazines everywhere, and dirty dishes in the sink. Some of the patient rooms are a disaster, too. And not a male in sight during the week....

Reno1978, BSN, RN · Jul 16, 2006

I must say that OB is the one unit that I have the most anticipation/fear/excitment about. It won't be for a while longer though... I can't say that it is one of the specialties I really gave much thought about working in after graduation though.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jul 16, 2006

i think male nurses should be very proactive in marketing their existance and take on the people who continue to print such 'sexist' images!

I hope you're refering to the artists, and not the people that make them into avatars.