gender as a qualification

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  1. Should males be allowed to work in Labor and delivery area?

    • 154
      yes, they are professionals and should be treated equally,
    • 16
      no,

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I work as a L&D nurses and would love to hear others experiences, advice and opinions on males in this area. My patients love me and am told often by them that i am the best nurse they ever had. I love my work and believe males should be treated equally in these areas. Discrimination against male nurses not only hurts the male nurses but the nursing profession as a whole and the patients. To block males from female dominated areas short changes the patient, some males like my self are excellent in the ob areas and have a lot of compassion and other qualities to offer.

Specializes in NICU Level III.

Heck yes they should be allowed! IF the patient prefers a female, she should be able to have that choice though. Honestly, I prefer a female when it comes to dealing with my girlie parts, but that doesn't mean males shouldn't be in the field.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I'm curious if the 8% or so who said "no" to this question would answer the same to a question asking whether or not men should be allowed to be OB/GYNs.

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Specializes in ER,ICU,L+D,OR.

I do not care whether men go in MD as OB/GYN or not.

I have always preferred a female. My life My choice

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Specializes in psych. rehab nursing, float pool.

One of the benefits I can see to having a male in L&D,, it would have saved my hearing from my nurse after my own 23 hours of futile labor back when " oh come on now, I had 5 children, it's not that bad"

If looks could have killed, I would have dropped her right then. I have never forgotten that witch.

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Wow, this is a heck of an old thread! My OB/Gyn is a male, and he is wonderful. He has a CNM who works in his practice, who is also wonderful. I'd let either one of them catch a baby of mine. I work postpartum and would welcome men into this area. The only man who works on our floor is a secretary, and the patients love him.

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As a women who has given birth 4 times I can honestly say that I wouldn't have cared if the Pope was my nurse- as long as the drugs kept coming!:lol2:

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Specializes in IMCU.

Personally, I prefer a female GYN. I had a male OB and I was very young and very uncomfortable with it, but I knew his interest was strictly professional. I just didn't like it. I would not like a male doing intimate care, but when it is neccesary it is neccesary. I work with some wonderful male nurses and am always willing to perform cleanups on their female patients or help with catheterizations, what ever the needs are. It is very difficult to find the balance between staffing needs and personal comfort.

Mahage

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