The End of Men

[Cul2]

The July/August issue of "Atlantic" has an interesting article called "The End of Men," about how

men are losing out in many areas of our society, esp. in the work force and in getting an education. It's

interesting, provocative article I highly recommend.

On page. 64, the author writes: "Nursing schools have tried hard to recruit men in the past

few years, with minimal success."

I'm curious as to what nursing schools have been doing to recruit men, what strategies have

they tried that haven't been very successful. Can those out there who know provide us with specific

nursing schools, specific examples of what they have tried to do to recruit men into nursing, and how

successful or unsuccessful it turned out.

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

I liked the article.

[whichone'spink, BSN, RN]

I haven't seen my school do anything specific to recruit men.

[HamsterRN, ADN, RN]

The nursing school I went to has a "non-traditional career" grant that provides funding to encourage men to go into nursing among other things. During my last year, I put together a presentation and went around to the local high schools to give talks to students (aimed mainly at males) to get them to consider nursing. My presentation focused mainly on dispelling the same myths of nursing that preventing me from considering the career when I was a high school student.

[gentlegiver, ASN, LPN, RN]

In my class, we had an assignment to write an essy about Nursing. One of my male classmates wrote on the history of Nursing, going back before Florence Nightengale. It was interesting to find out that Nursing was originally a "Male" job, usually performed by Monks or other religious males. I think it would go a long way to impressing that males in Nursing is more than an acceptable career choise.

[eriksoln, BSN, RN]

The nursing school I went to has a "non-traditional career" grant that provides funding to encourage men to go into nursing among other things. During my last year, I put together a presentation and went around to the local high schools to give talks to students (aimed mainly at males) to get them to consider nursing. My presentation focused mainly on dispelling the same myths of nursing that preventing me from considering the career when I was a high school student.

Ditto here.

I also got two scholarships while in school. Both were set up so that X amt. of females got one and X amt. of males got one. Being a male nurse, IMO, got me those scholarships. One required you to write an essay about how you will use your education/course of study to give back to the community. Easy enough to write for a nursing student. The second required something written to the effect of "How does graduating with the degree you are pursuing change you as an individual?" I noticed in both cases, the people granted the money were from education, nursing, social work and other such majors.

[Noelani]

My school has a dedicated education program where randomly selected students attend all their clinicals at the same hospital, and tend to get more hands-on experience. There are 25 spots available, but the number of spots reserved for interested male students is much higher than what would be proportional to the number of males in the program. The idea is to make sure male students are adequately represented, but it's throwing randomization out the window.

[Cul2]

Thanks to all who replied. The reason i started this thread is because I question

the statement the author of "The End of Men" wrote: ""Nursing schools have tried

hard to recruit men in the past few years, with minimal success." I'd like to see

her sources for that assertion. I'm not convinced that nursing schools have

"tried hard" as the author suggests. But I could be wrong. That's why I posted

this this thread. Apparently, there's little interest in this topic. If that's the case,

there seems to be little interest in changing the status quo and creating more gender

diversity within the nursing profession.

[metal_m0nk, BSN, RN]

Thanks to all who replied. The reason i started this thread is because I question

the statement the author of "The End of Men" wrote: ""Nursing schools have tried

hard to recruit men in the past few years, with minimal success." I'd like to see

her sources for that assertion. I'm not convinced that nursing schools have

"tried hard" as the author suggests. But I could be wrong. That's why I posted

this this thread. Apparently, there's little interest in this topic. If that's the case,

there seems to be little interest in changing the status quo and creating more gender

diversity within the nursing profession.

So you were expecting outrage? Is this your attempt to get it?

[llg, PhD, RN]

I served on an admissions committe once for a major university. Admissions was based on a point system -- and any male who applied automatically got an extra point for being male. So, the men got favored treatment in admissions.

[Cul2]

"So you were expecting outrage? Is this your attempt to get it?"

No I was expecting information. And civility.

[metal_m0nk, BSN, RN]

"So you were expecting outrage? Is this your attempt to get it?"

No I was expecting information. And civility.

From what I could see, that is exactly what you received....