Fun answers you can use for the dumb questions we get...

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Q. "Are you gay?"

A. "Are you interested?"

Q. "Why didn't you go to med school?"

A. "I couldn't find enough cans on the side of the road to pay the application fee."

Q. "Why did you become a male nurse?"

A. "I couldn't afford the sex change."

Q. "Lot's of (insert derogatory word here) here, so how many do you hook up with?"

A. "You just asked me if I was gay..." OR "None, I want to live."

Q. "What do your family/friends/SO think of you being a nurse?"

A. "What do yours think of you being a dumba**?"

Q. "How much do you make? Do you make more than the women?"

A. "Just enough to pay my student loans. And I hope not, I want to live."

Q. "So how much drama do you have to put up with?"

A. "I stay away as much as I can. I want to live."

Q. "Doesn't it suck having to be a human forklift?"

A. "I save money from not needing a gym." OR "I get to make cool 'beep' sounds when I back up."

Q. "I can't stand blood/urine/puke/mucus how do you do it?"

A. "Are you kidding me, I love to fingerpaint!"

Q. "What about the smells?"

A. "Dude, you don't use deodorant, did you really just ask me that?"

I am sure I can think up others, but feel free to add...

Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..
Sure lady, I get my rocks off by cleaning out 80 year old hoo-hahs, it really just turns me on. :barf01:

Please pass the brain bleach. Quickly.

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My husband is an RN, and his go-to response when anyone makes a "male nurse" comment is:

"I don't discriminate. I'm a nurse for both males and females."

It usually makes people stop and think -- or at the very least laugh.

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Specializes in Utilization Review / Geriatrics.

Yeah. It still happens, in response to Brandon. I used to have female and male

patients refuse me to do their cares and ADL's as an aide, and when I got my license

staff sometimes referred to me as an ''Orderly'' which really made me raise my eyebrow

towards them. I responded ''Well that's strange, my license says 'nurse' on it, I better

send it back for a nifty 'Orderly' license''.

I've had instructors tell me that ''men don't usually do well in this profession'' and that

''men have no place in nursing''... it was really difficult.

It's an unfortunate gender bias that still exists in the nursing profession, however it

isn't very widespread anymore, as more and more people just view it as 'normal' now.

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.
Does this really come up with guys here? I've only once had a patient express surprise/disapproval over having a male nurse.

Very seldom. We have become a part of the normal environment - although I still occasionally get "Are you the doctor?"

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Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..
Very seldom. We have become a part of the normal environment - although I still occasionally get "Are you the doctor?"

We shoild start a new thread: what fumny things do you say when people keep calling you "doctor?"

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Several of my little old nursing home residents refer to me as "that nice doctor who passes pills"

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

Female here - I get discriminated because of age, but in a positive way. I did not start nursing school till I was 45, so by the time I got my first job I was granny. Patients assumed I had the most experience due to my age and would ask for me or seek me out for conversations. Then I would run to the much-younger charge nurse and get the REAL answers. Fun for a short while.

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.
Female here - I get discriminated because of age, but in a positive way. I did not start nursing school till I was 45, so by the time I got my first job I was granny. Patients assumed I had the most experience due to my age and would ask for me or seek me out for conversations. Then I would run to the much-younger charge nurse and get the REAL answers. Fun for a short while.

A couple of my classmates in nursing school were in their 50s. They reported similar experiences from their first jobs. Because of their age, patients assumed that they were veteran nurses and knew more than anyone on the floor.

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I am still in school but people used to ask me what I am in school for and when I told them they would give me a funny look and say oh you are going to be a male nurse.

I always wanted to say (as bill engval would say) nope gonna try to be a female one... heres your sign

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Specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Q: What was your reason for becoming a nurse? (in response to you being a male nurse)

A: Because I know how to handle the body.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
Yes, it really does. Just had a LOL yell at me last night for being a pervert and how dare I do a woman's work.

Sigh. :rolleyes:

Yeah, cuz there's nothing sexier than a dried up, old, paper skinned crone.

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Specializes in Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed..

Best answer that I have ever heard for this one is, "Nope. I'm going to care for both males and females."

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