male nurse problems..

[2bnurseDuties]

Hello. I'm thinking about becoming a nurse but there is one problem, I'm a man. Will other nurses get mad at me if I refuse to life all of their 400lb pts? Sorry I didn't sign on to be your assistant lady, should be enough right?

Also, I'm not really into the code brown thing. Can I put it into my contract that its against my religion to clean poop?

These are just some of my concerns.

[3wishes, MSN, APRN, NP]

Nibbles1 for President!

[Darby71]

When I worked as a CNA, I hate to say it but everyone always asked the two male cna's to help first when heavy lifting was involved. Its not right...but it did happen.

[heron, ASN, RN]

You absolutely can have that written into your contract. And did you know that you can take hour long lunch breaks as well as cigarette breaks even if you don't smoke. Also you even cherry pick the patients you want too.

Wicked!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Hello. I'm thinking about becoming a nurse but there is one problem, I'm a man. Will other nurses get mad at me if I refuse to life all of their 400lb pts? Sorry I didn't sign on to be your assistant lady, should be enough right?

Also, I'm not really into the code brown thing. Can I put it into my contract that its against my religion to clean poop?

These are just some of my concerns.

Yes, other nurses will be angry if you refuse to help "life" their 400 pound patients. Unless you're absolutely perfect, which no one is, you'll make a mistake one day. Mistakes are more easily forgiven if your colleagues like you. Yours won't like you.

If you're unwilling to work as part of a team and already announcing your unwillingness to do basic nursing care (cleaning up poop) you're unlikely to be successful in nursing. Save your money for business school or some other field where you're unlikely to to need to work as a team member or encounter bodily fluids.

[Farawyn]

man I bet you made a lot of people angry here!!

Meh. Probably more eye rolls than anything else.

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

[ATPtheWaytoBe]

Hello. I'm thinking about becoming a nurse but there is one problem, I'm a man. Will other nurses get mad at me if I refuse to life all of their 400lb pts? Sorry I didn't sign on to be your assistant lady, should be enough right?

Also, I'm not really into the code brown thing. Can I put it into my contract that its against my religion to clean poop?

These are just some of my concerns.

I am also a male, and looking to get into nursing. I have applied to University of Maryland for fall entry and waiting to hear back to see if I got in (fingers crossed!). As a nurse (male or female), I feel you should help your fellow nurse out if needed. Especially if there is a 400lb patient that needs to be moved. Take your strengths, whether it be knowledge or physical, and help others out. I feel that nurses are those in the "trenches of medical warfare," we must all be there for each other as best we can. If you do not want to help with lifting a patient or cleaning up bodily fluids, then don't become a nurse. The patients who are ill in the hospital, and the nurses caring for those patients do not need you.

[Nursing_Life]

You should not become a nurse.... to be a nurse, you should want to help others. Nurses work in teams. You'll need to learn to clean and take care of others.... why do I even bother with this.