Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

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You do realise this is a very non-specific question, don't you? OF COURSE it's a good career if you want to meet men! Men of all ages, professions, degrees of eligibility and attractiveness! Of course,most of them are off-limits by reason of their being patients, and others, especially doctors, who are either already married or who you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot barge pole. Then again, if you're extremely lucky, you might just get to meet a male nurse who is just the right age and sexual orientation for you, and you might just hit it off and go on to be happily ever after. I do know a few nurse couples like that, but they're few and far between. So yes, you will meet thousands of men during your nursing career, but you'll have to be very lucky indeed to meet your soul mate.

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I met my husband at work. He was actually a Resp. Therapist and came to my unit often. He has since gone back to school for nursing. We still work at the same hospital where we met but in different units. We have been happily married for 28 years and still working. Both of us have been at the same hospital for 35 years.

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Well I married young, met my hubby when I was in high school. He is an engineer. Still in my twenties and was already married before I started nursing earlier this year. We have a lot of residents and interns in my hospital, I get asked out by patients, patients family, coworkers and so forth on almost a daily basis ( I tell them I am married with children and they don't believe me lol) even my coworkers including the females are shock to find out I am married and even have kids. I mean, I have had pts try to hook me up with their family or friends. I don't find it fun, I find it very awkward. To be honest, most of the MDs (even though they are also young) are not that cute. Even if I was single, I just would not want to compete with their schedule. We have one male nurse in my unit who is gay, 2 float pool male nurses who are already married and the rest are female nurses. I don't think nursing is where you come to meet husbands but you definitely can meet one there.

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Well I married young, met my hubby when I was in high school. He is an engineer. Still in my twenties and was already married before I started nursing earlier this year. We have a lot of residents and interns in my hospital, I get asked out by patients, patients family, coworkers and so forth on almost a daily basis ( I tell them I am married with children and they don't believe me lol) even my coworkers including the females are shock to find out I am married and even have kids. I mean, I have had pts try to hook me up with their family or friends. I don't find it fun, I find it very awkward. To be honest, most of the MDs (even though they are also young) are not that cute. Even if I was single, I just would not want to compete with their schedule. We have one male nurse in my unit who is gay, 2 float pool male nurses who are already married and the rest are female nurses. I don't think nursing is where you come to meet husbands but you definitely can meet one there.

You sound like you are a knock out. Your man is a lucky one then.

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I agree. Not looking for romance at work!but when I first became a nurse ignorant people would think I was gonna meet some hot guy that was my patient. How dumb. We take care of people at their most vulnerable times.

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Specializes in Psychiatry and Primary Care.

I met my wife while working at a SNF in AZ. I was extremely impressed with how hard that girl worked the floor and how kind she was to her patients. No play, no games, no flirts. Solid care but also very courteous. I thought she would make a great mom and an awesome life long companion. She has over delivered for 15 years. My guess, it would depend on the caliber of people you work with. I've see plenty of flakes as well. Buyer beware.

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I can't count with all fingers how many times a patient asked me - "How old are you? You look so young!".

Yes ... I was full fledged RN at age 21.

Sigh....I remember those days. Enjoy it while you can because it's like a blink of an eye and next thing you know you're thinking about ageism. :***:

To the OP I don't think nursing is a particularly good place to "meet a man". Of course patients will ask you out (I've even had a proposal) but that's unethical to accept I think. Unless they can figure out a way to ask you out after they're discharged and you haven't been encouraging them during their admission. That just smacks of all kinds of not right.

Dating coworkers on your unit is awkward for your other coworkers. It's unlikely to meet people working other units because there's barely enough time to do your own work let alone take a break and go meeting other people. Inappropriate. There aren't a lot of other opportunities within the hospital to co-mingle when off the clock. Let's be real if you have time to be thinking about socializing you aren't doing your job.

Seems like MD's are the most likely to have time and opportunity for the stuff that shouldn't be happening at work. Not to mention every nurse/doctor I've been witness to has ended badly and caused a lot of heartache in between. Just don't do it. If not for yourself, for your coworkers.

Meet people at the market, through friends, costco, while improving yourself or engaging in your hobby. Those are much better places to find someone to share time with.:up:

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Specializes in Aged, Palliative Care, Oncology.

There's alot of lovely male nurses out there! They seem to be a catch as they are confidann and very compassionate. A compassionate man is very lustworthy.. and the doctors phwoar.. Id be very lucky to meet a nice doctor or murse to shack up with!

:yes:

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Specializes in Psych.

I met my wife at work which was very uncomfortable after she divorced me less than a year later. It was uncomfortable for me to see her be reminded of our good times and our bad. It was uncomfortable for coworkers that were friends with both of us. I'm not sure that I would say absolutely no workplace romance but remember that a divorce is way more painful when you have a constant reminder of that relationship. :unsure:

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I'm confused . . . you don't live by the rule of not dating where you work, you married an RN, and now you are dating an awesome RT? Does your husband know about this??

:down: (scratching my head)

Was I the only one who assumed she's been divorced and now dating someone new?

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Specializes in Oncology, Med/Surg, Hospice, Case Mgmt..

I met my husband when we worked at the same hospital 17 yrs ago. We've been married for 11 yrs. He was a nurse in the ER and I was a nurse on the M/S floor. My first impression of him was that he didn't dress pediatric IV's appropriately. He eventually won me over ;) In our case, it all worked out well, but I think that is probably the exception. Those 17 yrs ago when I was single, I certainly was interested in some of the men I met through work. We spend so much time there, I think it is only natural to end up dating.

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