Where can I get male only patients?

[Firas5]

Im a male CNA and I've worked In a facility where males were not even allowed to have female residents. If there were females in the assignment they would swap them for a male with a female CNA.

I've recently joined another facility and I don't think it's the same.

For religious reasons I cannot do females.

I cannot understand how, in a non life/death situation, where a male and female CNA is available, a male CNA is changing/toileting, cleaning and dressing a woman, while on the other side of the curtain, a woman is doing the same for a man. Thats crazy and there's no explanation for this.

Does anyone know any facilities in NYC or queens where they don't give male CNA's females?

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

There is a nursing home near me that is all male, not to mention jails or prisons that are all male. But you can't be picky.

[AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

It's called professionalism and maturity.

Annie

[Daisy Joyce]

I worked for an adult group home (developmental disabilities) where the male CNAs were only allowed to do care male residents.

OP, are you allowed to do fully-clothed care, such as feeding? Or is it only the intimate care, such as toileting and bathing of females that is taboo?

I think this may become more of an issue in the US, as the immigrant population grows and not everybody shares the Western model of medicine.

It brings up an interesting question--will cultural sensitivity be extended only to patients, or will we need to start being culturally sensitive to each other as staff?

Well anyway, OP, best of luck with your job search! There are a lot of good suggestions on this thread.

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

It isn't that unusual. I have worked in a large hospital that did not allow the nursing assistants to take care of the opposite sex. The female nursing assistants took care of the females, and the males took care of the males. Never seemed to be a problem. I can't believe you guys find that odd. Many females prefer a female assistant, especially when placing a urinary cath or something. No reason to not accommodate them.

[macawake, MSN]

It isn't that unusual. I have worked in a large hospital that did not allow the nursing assistants to take care of the opposite sex. The female nursing assistants took care of the females, and the males took care of the males. Never seemed to be a problem.

Does that mean that the hospital also didn't allow opposite-sex OB/Gyn's and urologists or were nether-region physicians of the opposite sex deemed acceptable? I suspect I know the answer to that but I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious to find out if different rules apply to different professions, despite the body parts being the same.

I can't believe you guys find that odd. Many females prefer a female assistant, especially when placing a urinary cath or something. No reason to not accommodate them.

I agree there's no reason not to accomodate patients.

Personally, I find it odd for two reasons. First, it's something that doesn't exist in my country. While patients are always free to choose their caregiver, all employees are hired to be able to take care of all patients. Second, it must put a massive strain on whoever does the scheduling. If all staff can only care for ~50% of the patient population, you always have to make sure that staff gender mix is roughly equal to patient gender mix, on any given shift. Seeing as how the gender mix might change from day to day and it might not be possible to reschedule staff according to gender on short notice, I guess that on some days female patients get good care, and on others it's the men's turn. CNA Bob calls in sick and CNA Sue is available to cover that shift... Nope, doesn't work. Need a male replacement (assuming there's no male nurse on duty either), or the male patients will have to spend the whole shift in soiled briefs...

[nehneh14]

Just as I don't believe that pharmacists should be able to refuse to sell Plan B due to religious beliefs, I don't believe health care providers should be allowed to pick and chose for whom they provide care based on religious beliefs. (That includes Catholic hospitals if they're getting government funding, but that's another issue, I suppose.) If your religion requires you to shun half of the population because of what does or does not dangle between their legs, you need to stay out of healthcare. Time for everyone to evolve.

[S7ud3n7_Nur53]

Have you looked into home health? I have seen many job postings for male-only CNAs

[callinshotz, RN]

If healthcare is where you heart and soul are at, I'd say get creative. Many people have listed quite a few options on here for you. However, I think its also a great option to seek employment in a different field. I certainly would relieve the stress of finding something that fits your beliefs. I hope you find something that doesn't make you compromise your beliefs. It's just may be better to avoid this field all together. Especially as a CNA. Little investment made and there are a plethora of other things you could do with half the headache.

[Orion81RN]

I do not think it is ridiculous, myself. Truly, interacting with an unclothed

female might be strictly forbidden in the OP's religion, regardless of any

situation, except as mentioned before, a dire life threatening emergency.

Yeah, and that might have been fine and dandy if he had left it at that..."for religious reasons..."

I would have respected that.

But, he didn't leave it at that. He continued to juuust almost try to push his beliefs on the rest of us by stating how ridiculous it is for one gender to care for another when the same is occurring on the other side of the curtain. THAT, I took as judgement on those of us who do not share his beliefs.

[SpankedInPittsburgh, DNP, RN]

Look I respect everybody's beliefs but those beliefs don't become everybody else's problem. It up to the individual to craft a lifestyle that is in line with those beliefs. If I was a strict Muslim I probably wouldn't work in a bacon factory. If I was a devout Mormon I wouldn't own a strip joint...

If my beliefs didn't allow me to help women I may not want to work in a healthcare setting.... Everything doesn't always go together

[elkpark]

Look I respect everybody's beliefs but those beliefs don't become everybody else's problem. It up to the individual to craft a lifestyle that is in line with those beliefs. If I was a strict Muslim I probably wouldn't work in a bacon factory. If I was a devout Mormon I wouldn't own a strip joint...

If my beliefs didn't allow me to help women I may not want to work in a healthcare setting.... Everything doesn't always go together

Which is exactly why the OP is asking for suggestions about where he might find a healthcare setting with all male clients, and they do exist. He's not asking other work settings to accommodate his beliefs; he's looking for a existing setting that accords with his beliefs.

[NurseYoungGuns]

Try prison.