Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

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This is a poll, if you have male nurses on your unit or not, and how do you feel they blend into the unit, also do they have positive patient experiences?

Thanks everyone in Advance~

I work in a large ER and we have many many male nurses. There are all great nurses and many are more compasionate than some of the other "seasoned" female nurses that we have. Once in a great while we will have a pt. that refuses care by one of the male nurses but that is rare.

I have worked with male nurses in different settings. I have found that male nurses are treated better than female counterparts...Male nurses are frequently promoted over a female nurse of equal education and experience, male nurses in charge positions tend to "delegate" more,do less and generally gripy when things go wrong (look for someone other than them to blame). They won't hesitate to throw you to the dogs and offer very little support when things are screwed up.

Granted there are female nurses like this as well but I think the conditioning of men as boys make them think they are should be better than women.. Not ALL male nurses are like this..But if you want to put my theory to the test just try competition with a male nurse for a promotion or a job...see who wins..

I realize this is not a popular thing to say but in the 18 years as a nurse I have seen these things..men do get ahead...plain and simple.

Just my opinion

Throw you to the dogs ? Have you worked with ANY females ?

I have worked plenty of jobs with all males before I became a nurse.

One guy doesn't like or get along with another and they tend to deal with them only when they need to...............................FEMALES: If they don't like another female they must slam her, get her,get everyone else to be against her,etc. Look in a mirror

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

i will poke my moderator head in here and remind everyone to remain respectful on this thread. i know it's hard to do in certain hot-button topics, but believe me, no one wins the "war of the sexes".

please, respect the original intent of the op here and keep sexist remarks and insults out of this thread. i thank you.

i will poke my moderator head in here and remind everyone to remain respectful on this thread. i know it's hard to do in certain hot-button topics, but believe me, no one wins the "war of the sexes".

please, respect the original intent of the op here and keep sexist remarks and insults out of this thread. i thank you.

:chuckle ...agreed...it is a futile battle to fight...but so fun to battle it out in an attempt to win. ;)

Specializes in Telemetry, Chest pain Unit, PCI.

Hello: I am a male nurse, I can repond to the male bashing. First we blend in well with females, that is untill they talk trash about us. Most females, not all, love to gossip and talk. Male nurses do there work, and if we have anything to say, we say it to your face. My unit consists of 50% males, which is very odd in the nursing profession. We have peace and harmony when all males are working. We all get along well, no issues. On the other hand, on days that I am the only male it is usualy miserable. Let me explain, I come out of patients rooms and hear the females talking bad about the male nurses for whatever reason. Just because most female nurses have a rotten relationship at home, or noneo all, do not take it out on us. This profession is hard enough to exist in, because less than 6% of all nurses are males. I have been an RN for two years and have just finished by BSN recently while working full-time and with family. I have been the only male in all of my classes as a nurse. As far as slobs, I have never seen such sloppy messes left in the break room, than from female nurses. I also do not appreciate bloody female napkins left in the staff rest rooms, left lying around. Do you act like this at home? I can see why this female dominated profession has not evolved into the careers that men seek. Because females turn on each other and eat their own. With female nurses in leadership roles there has been very little progression in salary or pay. Let me ask you, if the roles were reversed do you think you would be making more money? I do not go to work to be miserable, yet with things I have heard at work make this a hostile environment for males. Example: My boss (female), informed me that a female nurse told her that I wanted her job. I never in a million years would want her job, and never said anything even close to this. Can you beleive the hatred that it takes for someone to tell her this.

Specializes in tele- 7 yrs, Pyxis- 3 yrs, med/surg 4.

I am a nurse and I have always thought of myself as just that, having been a nurse for 14 years. I think we are all individuals, and we work in a crucible that can bring out the best and worst in us. I do think that stereotypes are here to stay and as a nurse who happens to be male, I don't spend much energy thinking about it-except mabye in this post. Moreover on the subject at hand in my 14 years I have worked with exactly ONE male OB nurse. He was a traveler from England. Maybe they have a different take across the pond. Inerestingly the stereotype I have encounterd most is about "orientation"- though that certainly if fodder for another forum.

Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

The unit I recently left had no male nurses in the L&D or PP areas. I think it is generally a decision on the part of the male nurses. Not a single guy in our nursing class was interested in OB, it made THEM uncomfortable, not the patients.

I apoligize for not reading all 7 pages of this post but there is nothing wrong with being a nurse, male or female. I work in cardiac care and when there old lady's get a male nurse they call him a Dr. I think it's more of what the patient pop. expects. There is still a generation out there that expects the man that walks into the room to be a Dr. , not the case anymore. For history...who was the first male nurse? Never taught that in school...

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Ok I think we all get the point: both sexes have a lot to offer and at the same time, leave a lot to be desired. This whole bloody napkins thing has really turned this thread in a gross (and unnecessary) direction. I know for a fact there are just as many women who can point out undesireable and disgusting habits of males, as well, but I am asking we stop this right now!

Therefore, once again, I will ask people remain ON TOPIC (the topic being MALE NURSES IN OB) and refrain from taking potshots at the opposite gender. This is the last time I will request this, before closing the thread. Thank you.

Specializes in Telemetry, OR, ICU.
Hello: I am a male nurse, I can repond to the male bashing. First we blend in well with females, that is untill they talk trash about us. Most females, not all, love to gossip and talk. Male nurses do there work, and if we have anything to say, we say it to your face. My unit consists of 50% males, which is very odd in the nursing profession. We have peace and harmony when all males are working. We all get along well, no issues. On the other hand, on days that I am the only male it is usualy miserable. Let me explain, I come out of patients rooms and hear the females talking bad about the male nurses for whatever reason. Just because most female nurses have a rotten relationship at home, or noneo all, do not take it out on us. This profession is hard enough to exist in, because less than 6% of all nurses are males. I have been an RN for two years and have just finished by BSN recently while working full-time and with family. I have been the only male in all of my classes as a nurse. As far as slobs, I have never seen such sloppy messes left in the break room, than from female nurses. I also do not appreciate bloody female napkins left in the staff rest rooms, left lying around. Do you act like this at home? I can see why this female dominated profession has not evolved into the careers that men seek. Because females turn on each other and eat their own. With female nurses in leadership roles there has been very little progression in salary or pay. Let me ask you, if the roles were reversed do you think you would be making more money? I do not go to work to be miserable, yet with things I have heard at work make this a hostile environment for males. Example: My boss (female), informed me that a female nurse told her that I wanted her job. I never in a million years would want her job, and never said anything even close to this. Can you beleive the hatred that it takes for someone to tell her this.

Dingo1, did you ever consider becoming an officer in the Army Medical Department where male RNs are 34% of the Army Nurse Corps? ;)

Specializes in LTAC.

This is 2006, not 1906 right?

My mail is delivered by a female. I think she does as well as a male but I'm not sure. I noticed a female on a pumper the other day. I think she knows how to put out fires but I'm not sure. Just to be safe, if my house is on fire, I'll call 9-1-1 and ask for an all-male engine company. If I ever have chest pain and the doctor happens to be female, I'll ask for a male because I'm just not sure that she's competent in what WAS a traditional male role and hopefully.....I won't infarct waiting.

Nurses AND patients need to get over it.

Personally, any patient who happens to be female requests a nurse who is also female to insert a catheter, that's ok with me. The pay is the same.

It's a good thing patients don't ask for nurses based on race. How offended would you be if you were black and the patient only wanted a white nurse, or visa versa?

I'll just be glad when we get to drink from the same fountain as the ladies.

I'll just be glad when we get to drink from the same fountain as the ladies.

:lol_hitti

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