male nurses

Cqc_Cqb · Jun 26, 2003

well i am an african american male nurse, and when i first started nursing it was hell. i have been a nurse for 15 years, i started in the army,which wasnt bad. but when i moved out into the civilian sector - well lets just say - thank goodness i have alot of patience. i have had patients tell me they didnt want me to be their nurse because i was black and couldnt be smart enough to be a nurse, or that i was lying and that i wasnt a nurse at all. the best one ever was when a female patient throw a bedpan at me because she thought i was going to attack her when i entered her room. she didnt give me time to introduce myself. to her all black males where to be avoided - and she was only 50 years old. but over the years the good has out weighed the bad and i am still here. i have only worked in the ed or icu so you would think all these patients would want is some one to care for them to the best of their ability - but to some color over shadows all. well that is just from my point of view of what being a male nurse is like at times. :angryfire

ton · Jun 27, 2003

I don't have any problem with being a male nurse.

43 now and started at 18 year old.

FutureRNMichael · Jun 27, 2003

I am an 18 yo male and plan on becoming a RN. People can sometimes look at me funny when I say I am goin to be a Nurse. Some suggest I am feminem because of it. I might be, being raised by my mother but hey, I would much rather be very caring and intuitve than manly. That's just who I am.

I try to take it in stride. Once I become an RN, the satisfaction I get being a Nurse will trumpt any bad comment I will ever hear. And if you have longevity as a Male RN you should be even more proud because the males in the proffesion are slim.

I have a feeling that Male nurses are becoming more common. Maybe. At the ER a few weeks back, I saw several Male RN's.

If you would like to chat sometime... Email and AIM IM is below. Would love to hear from you.

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nrw350 · Jun 27, 2003

as a patient i have had some male nurses who were better than some female nurses I have had. Not saying anyone of them were bad. I like what one person said about it not being male or female but of how good a nurse they are. And from the standpoint of a modest person, a male nurse for a male patient may not be so embarassing.

MtnMan · Jun 27, 2003

Edt and nursing student myu youngest brother calls me Greg Focher.

mario_ragucci · Jun 27, 2003

Every person has their own unique power and love to give. Male, female, white, black, young or old. It's popular and socially accepted to label anything; it empowers us. And we know how to treat each other with respect.

It's expected that we all know how to greet each other and how to be friendly. Some nurses, IMHO, act according to how they view gender interactions on TV, or in their own lives. Once you get to know somebody, everything is okay. There are about 1% who will take it to an extreme, sadly. Most all nurses are can do, motivated individuals, and someone I am striving to be :-)

slyhrtbt · Jun 28, 2003

I had a great expierience to night. I currently work as a CNA while I am in RN school. At work tonight I was to give a shower to this lady. She was very uncomfortable with having a male nurse. Another lady talked her into leting me give her the shower. At the end of the night the lady told me that she would never turn down the chance to have a male nurse again. To me this is one of the highest compliment that I as a male Caregiver could recieve.