Male nurse in L&D

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Hi, I am a male nurse married 3 kids. I have applied to a position on my facility on the Labor and delivery unit. And they pretty much told me they don't want to hire a male nurse. I don;t think they can do that I think is discrimination. what do you think? do you think ladies would stop coming to our hospital because they don't want a male ob nurse?

Specializes in Anesthesia.
Your opinion.

Maybe but at least the law agrees with me......

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The reason, at least for me is because I don't trust males I don't know as easily as a female. I think that feeling is a product of our society. The majority of serial killers are males, the majority of sexual predators are males, the majority of Media is produced by males, the majority of people convicted of human trafficking are males, the majority of female homicides are perpetrated by a male, the majority of people in prison for violent crimes are males, and I could go on and on and on. From the time we are little we are told to watch out for the "weird guy" in the neighborhood to the time we are adults and shows like "to catch a predator" are on our television screens, we are just conditioned to be wary of men we don't know.

Yep, this. I agree!!!

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This is only my personal preference, but I do not want to have any male L&D or Gyn caregivers, whether physician, nurse, or otherwise.

It's not about them, it's about my history of sexual assault and though I would dearly like to be comfortable with them uncovering me and touching me, I just can't. I'm just there to get medical care, I would really not like to have a draining emotional experience while I'm there, thanks.

Male nurses should absolutely be employed wherever they want to be employed. But as a patient, I should be able to say who takes care of me, without being told to "go get psych care for [my] pathological hangups." It's as simple as a polite request, and I have had it happen before with a male tech who was very gracious, so nurses are not above it.

I agree - VERY well said. Put male nurses in L&D for those who don't have a preference, but leave it up to the patient to decide if they want a male taking care of them. And... what are the motives? Seeing a baby born into this world? Yeah right.....

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
Seeing a baby born into this world? Yeah right.....

That is gross! I guess all the male obstetricians are just perverts too.

What is the motivation for females working in L&D are all female L&D nurses just closet lesbians getting their thrills working in L&D.

No, they aren't and neither are the males that want to work on L&D perverts just because they want to work in L&D.

I guess now we know who the most biased gender is.

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That is gross! I guess all the male obstetricians are just perverts too.

What is the motivation for females working in L&D are all female L&D nurses just closet lesbians getting their thrills working in L&D.

No, they aren't and neither are the males that want to work on L&D perverts just because they want to work in L&D.

I guess now we know who the most biased gender is.

Please... enlighten me...

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
Please... enlighten me...

There is no differences in why a female or a male want to work in L&D. There are lots of female L&D nurses that have never had children that like to work in L&D. Some people just enjoy the whole delivery process and ushering in a new life to the world.

As a CNA how many deliveries have you participated in/seen? There is nothing sexual about them. Deliveries are smelly, messy, and the majority of OB patients are overweight.

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.
I agree - VERY well said. Put male nurses in L&D for those who don't have a preference, but leave it up to the patient to decide if they want a male taking care of them. And... what are the motives? Seeing a baby born into this world? Yeah right.....

Why would a female want to work on a urology floor? To help people who need it? Yeah right.....

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

If it were up to me, patients would have a choice of whether they want their anesthesia delivered by a CRNA v MDA.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Why would a female want to work on a urology floor? To help people who need it? Yeah right.....

Beats me why someone would want to specialize in urology. Blech.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
If it were up to me, patients would have a choice of whether they want their anesthesia delivered by a CRNA v MDA.

How much about anesthesia in the US do you really know? This comment shows that you are ignorant of many aspects of anesthesia in the US. It usually has nothing to do with what the patient wants, but simply who is available to provide anesthesia services. Anesthesia providers are in short supply everywhere.

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.
Beats me why someone would want to specialize in urology. Blech.

Well, me too, but to paint someone as a pervert for wanting to do it versus someone who - God bless them - has the desire to do something I could never do is wrongheaded. (I am not saying you did this, but it did get said somewhere in this thread.)

It's one thing to have a personal preference for a male or a female nurse in whatever setting. It's entirely different to accuse an entire group of being pervy creeps for wanting to work on a given unit.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

Plenty. My previous job had me working with CRNAs and anesthesiologists all day long. It's a shame that patients can't get an MDA for their surgery because there's a shortage of anesthesiologists.

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