Male CNA caring for females

[Firas5]

In a nursing home/LTC/Hospital, is it possible to request to only work with/touch male patients?

First and foremost due to religious reasons.

Also I have heard some scary incidences of male CNA's being accused and getting in trouble when they have not done anything.

I have also read a post on here where someone said that a black male CNA at his/her facility was not allowed to care for the females.

Also someone I know said that they are gender sensitive here in America, trying to say they don't usually put male with female.

There are many, many female CNA's out there so I don't see why they can't allocate the many female CNA's to the many female residents and the few male CNA's to the few male residents. (I read that there are more female residents than male, I don't know)

I don't know where the shyness and shame has gone in the world today

Don't get me wrong, if it is an emergency situation and only a male is available to help then religion would permit it.

For example if a woman needs to be turned and re positioned right away because she is in pain and only the male CNA is there, this may be a necessary situation which would permit the male to help. But with the amount of females in nursing I assume there is always a female CNA to help.

Is it possible to find a facility that will only let me care for male patients?

[Missingyou, CNA]

I don't know where the shyness and shame has gone in the world today

Don't get me wrong, if it is an emergency situation and only a male is available to help then religion would permit it.

It's not a matter of "shyness and shame".

In any type of facility where someone needs assistance with care that they cannot do for themselves they depend on someone else for that care. The person who can willingly provide that care, male or female, out of compassion in a dignified way is doing the right and respectful thing.

It's not anything to be shameful about.

If a patient refuses care from someone of the opposite sex, then that is something to be respected for their own comfort and dignity.

If you feel strongly about not providing care for female patients you Might be able to find an all male facility such as adult foster homes for men or group homes for mentally delayed men.

[idletalk]

Elderly patients (or any patient for that matter) shouldn't have to feel "shyness and shame" when being cared for. As a matter of fact it's your job to ensure that they don't feel that way, and neither should you. Everybody poops. Everybody pees. That's just life and I'm sorry that your religion sexualizes something natural and innocent.

[Forrest81]

It is immoral and should be illegal for male techs and nurses (cna,lpn,rn) to be forced on female patients. I am a man and cannot condone these males to think they have a right to violate female patient privacy. Female staff should always be assigned to female patients. If a male cna cannot walk around the street opening women's shirts to look at her breasts then why can he do it to someone more vulnerable just because he put on scrubs?

[Forrest81]

My mother was totally humiliated by a male radiation tech. He noticed her embarrassment and offered her stripper tassels (his choice of words) to cover her nipples. She was 76 years old and stopped all medical treatment after this event.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

It is immoral and should be illegal for male techs and nurses (cna,lpn,rn) to be forced on female patients. I am a man and cannot condone these males to think they have a right to violate female patient privacy. Female staff should always be assigned to female patients. If a male cna cannot walk around the street opening women's shirts to look at her breasts then why can he do it to someone more vulnerable just because he put on scrubs?

My mother was totally humiliated by a male radiation tech. He noticed her embarrassment and offered her stripper tassels (his choice of words) to cover her nipples. She was 76 years old and stopped all medical treatment after this event.

So you're going to allow the actions of a few influence your thoughts of an entire population? That's a stereotype, and I'm sure you already know that stereotypes are not true to every single person within a population. The appropriate way to have handled the experiences would have been to contact the patient representative at the facility where the actions occurred.