Is it sexist....

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So, we all know that Nursing is a female dominated field, but male nurses are in high demand. Likewise, physically speaking, men are typically stronger than their female counterparts. Would any of you, as male nurses, be offended if a female nurse or a supervisor asked you do the majority of the "heavy lifting" in the job, even though there are some female nurses who could *probably* perform the tasks as well?

Yes it bother's me. Reason being I also lift weights and workout. And when i was in nursing at the end of the day i find myself really freaking sore because all the heavy lifting and the females are talking about going out drinking and having a good time. Not sore at all

I have had to stop what i was doing to lift someone and if you have a female who is suppose to lift with you they don't. I have had pulled back muscles because of females not wanting to do their part in lifting and I'm not getting younger.

And when you have someone that weights over 250 pounds and your trying to move them and your partner is just happen to be female doesn't really help and you end up taking the blunt of the weight. Yes sorry to say I'm not a forklift. I may be built like one but in reality I'm not

I think if females are going to do this job they need to take a lifting test 150lbs if they can't do that. Then they should not be in this line of work. Nursing is not all Charting and IV's, and draining Caths, you have to lift boxes, people, and whatever else come's up. I even got a shirt i use to wear on causal Fridays with a forklift and a circle with a line going across and it read forklift is broken call for maintenance.

I also feel they should hit the gym more to build muscle mass so they can help more in the lifting.... Anthony

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I think if females are going to do this job they need to take a lifting test 150lbs if they can't do that. Then they should not be in this line of work. . Anthony

this is one of the big double standards in nursing. lots of female nurses cannot pass a 50 pound test, much less a 150 pound test. lots of female nurses continue to work late in pregnancy, unable to lift at all. maybe the 95 pound 22 year old new grads should have selected a different occupation? naw, they're too cute to toss away.

trouble is, hospitals don't provide the required (and available) equipment for handling bigger patients. no nurse should have to lift more than 40 pounds on a regular basis, or 70 at an extreme. female or male.

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Late post: I'm appalled at the phrase, "Fatty Lifting". Surprised it didnt get attacked more, if at all...

I'm slightly overweight and this term didn't offend me - it made me smile. I'm responsible for the excess weight I carry and it's down to me to do something about it - I don't because like most fat people I'm too lazy to bother. That's my choice, but the day I'm ill and some tiny nurses are breaking their backs trying to hoick me up the bed, they'll have the right to moan and I wouldn't blame them if they referred to me as a "fatty lift" and had a giggle at my expense. I too moan about the morbidly obese when there's four of us straining to shift somebody two inches. We've all been there. I'm not advocating that we judge fat people, but neither should we excuse the reality. We can also lighten up a little.

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Technically, yes it is "sexist", but I'm not bothered by it at all. I'm in school and working as an EMT right now... "I lift things up and put them down." :lol2:

Whenever I'm on a floor waiting to process a patient discharge and I hear a page for lifting help in another room, I always run off to that room to lend a hand, even though it's not my patient and I don't even work in the hospital. The nurse or CNA who called for help is always surprised, but very appreciative, when I show up.

I'm just perplexed by other guys whining about having to lift once in a while. No lifting situation in a hospital or nursing home is as demanding as patient lifting in the field when you work an ambulance, and I'm not some young buck either (in my 40's).

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It is sexist,yet female nurses complain that they get paid less than male nurses. What did they do when male

nurses were a real rare item!

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Where do male nurses get paid more than females? Gender doesn't even come into play if we are talking about floor nursing. I do; however, know some male nurses who get paid a lot to do non-clinical nursing work.

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I believe a lot of the whining comes from the principle of it. "It' being the various arguments.

Technically, yes it is "sexist", but I'm not bothered by it at all. I'm in school and working as an EMT right now... "I lift things up and put them down." :lol2:

Whenever I'm on a floor waiting to process a patient discharge and I hear a page for lifting help in another room, I always run off to that room to lend a hand, even though it's not my patient and I don't even work in the hospital. The nurse or CNA who called for help is always surprised, but very appreciative, when I show up.

I'm just perplexed by other guys whining about having to lift once in a while. No lifting situation in a hospital or nursing home is as demanding as patient lifting in the field when you work an ambulance, and I'm not some young buck either (in my 40's).

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