Men or Women? who is a better nurse?

[mhyq_m3]

im student nurse... and one topic that we came across today in class is " who is a better nurse? men or women?" ... is it really true when they say women are more caring than men? For nurses that have been in the profession in years, what do u think? ...

[Brownms46]

It has been proved time, and time again...that statistics in any research...can be slanted...in any direction. Thankfully LPN, and LVN do work in L&D...and not only recovering PPs... in several states...and do so very well...whether they are female or male.. And have been for years...even before I walked into the field..

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[mark_LD_RN]

exactly what i always said, it does not matter the gender. that has nothing to do with who is the better nurse, the best nurse is the most skilled,caring,competent and compassionate one regardless of gender. see my original post where I said it is a ridiculous question to ask and should not even be asked in nursing school. I think it shows clsed mindedness on part of the professor.

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

Temperament and competence are far more important than gender. One cannot generalize and say that one is "better" than the other. Granted, there are situations where having a nurse of one gender or another around may have secondary benefits (having a male nurse on a psych unit may suppress some physical acting out, while a female nurse can have a calming effect on males in an institutional setting). I have worked with great nurses, worthless ones and all in between of both genders.

Incidentally, I am of the minority gender (at least in nursing).

[dianser]

Some of the best nurses I have worked with in the past 25 years were med. Some of the best nurses I have worked with in the past 25 years were women. I have also worked with lousy male and female nurses. As others have said, it isn't their sex, it is their caring and compassion.:roll

[brown rice]

Maybe the question is not who is a better nurse, but why the nursing profession has mainly been a women's field and why that is? What societal influneces have triggered this? and how is it changing?

[JailRN]

Who cares????

[karenelizabeth]

Now Mike one of my best buddies works in A&E and if I or anyone I care about ended up there I would be overjoyed if he was our carer not because he is male/female (he could be an alian for all I know or care) but because he is bl**dy good at his job.

gender is irelavant its ability, knowlege, compasion and empathy that matters

[Furball]

What is A&E? To me it means "Arts and Entertainment"... a tv channel.

[karenelizabeth]

UK term Accident and Emergency

[Furball]

Ohhhhhh...thank you Karen!

[SebrinaJuniorSt]

I think that it really doesn't matter what gender you are as long as patient care is your number one priority. It takes special individuals to do any type job and if a person really has that determination "to be the best nurse that he or she can be" then I'm for it. What it really boils down to that the job gets done with professionalism, accuarcy, and some tender loving care.