How do Female View Males in the Nursing Profession?

[JUN3UG]

Do Females View males in the Nursing Profession Positively or as a Negative spectrum?

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[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

I view males as everyone else...people.

Really, if they are on the team, we're in it together.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I don't view them any more positively or negatively than I view other female nurses. Why should being male affect how I view a certain nurse?

[Levitas, BSN, RN]

Whether or not any would admit it, (or even if they can admit it to their self), there will always be some form of bias, as it pertains to males and females working together. It may be a thought, a gesture, a phrase, but truth be told, society has warped our perceptions of sex, and gender, and the roles of each.

Everyone has a thought, or opinion about it. Some are overly negative, some only dare to think those negative thoughts (heck, they may not even like the negative thoughts, and strive to repress them), but they're there none the less.

That's not to say that there aren't people that absolutely love working with the other sex, because let's be honest, we're all people here, and most of us look towards that person as a person, rather than their gender or sex. But seemingly no matter how hard we try, there will always be bias, even if it's a mere flicker in our subconscious. It's a sad result of a lifetime of conditioning.

All of that being said, being a male myself, I'm hoping that where ever I land, that my team and I will get along great! I hope that we never have to go down the road of gender/sex bias, and I hope that even though we can admit our faults/bias, we can strive to over come such thoughts and produce a more fair, and pure thought environment for our future generations!

[beshacohen]

I think male nurses are great. I think the fact that men are paid more and promoted more than their female counterparts in all professions (including nursing) is a crock of (fill-in-the-blank).

[quirkystudent]

I think male nurses are wonderful but I wish some people would stop degrading men for being in a profession that is sadly still viewed as a woman only profession. It's the same attitude that women get when working on say an oil rig because they're... well... a woman. It's sexist and uncalled for not to mention this isn't the 1920's.

To tell you the truth the best nurse I have worked with was a male. Most kind, sincere, loving, and compassionate person ever. I admire him.

[sissiesmama, ASN, RN]

Well, a lot of the time, a little old man (or little old lady) is a little more receptive to a male nurse. I've had patients treat a male nurse with more respect -

And it never hurts to have a male nurse on the floor or in the ER when u have a combative patient hurling anything in his path at the staff, or one that is high on PCP.

That being said, my dh is an RN also - he is a nsg supervisor now but had to work his way up from the floor and ER to manager then supervisor.

Anne, RNC

[i♥words]

The only thing that bugs me is when people go out of their way to specify that a nurse is male. Even worse when the nurse refers to himself as a male nurse. I don't tell people I'm a female nursing student. If they're looking at me I hope they can tell...

[DoeRN]

I view males as everyone else...people. Really if they are on the team, we're in it together. [/quote']

I feel the same way.

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[Compassion_x]

Like anyone else? It really makes no difference to me as to what sex I work with. I've worked with several male CNAs and nurses and the only thing that matters is that they do their job well.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

I didn't really care before but now I view it as a positive after an instructor explained how the more males in the healthcare setting as RNs the more the demand for pay will increase.

[NuGuyNurse2b]

This is a great thread. I'm a male nursing student and I'm also gay (so I'm not exactly bucking that stereotype about male nurses, sorry to the guys who are on here). And I would think some of the girls in my class would be OK with it, since I think in general women are more comfortable around gay men than heterosexual men, but I definitely catch some bad vibes from a few of them. And it's not like I'm effeminate or do girl stuff around them, it was something that I divulged to the group so that it's out there and there would be no 'surprises' of any sort later on. It's nothing malicious - they just seem a bit colder to me than they are to other people. We still treat each other with respect - although I think that has more to do with one of the criteria for passing clinicals, which is observable mutual respect and professionalism for each other.