Male Nurses.

[FutureRNMichael]

SO as a Male looking to become a Nurse one day... Is what they say true?

Can a Male Nurse really find better jobs with better pay much easier than most Women Nurses?

Are the amount of Men in Nursing rising significantly, by chance?

Any other Men/Nursing tidbits would be nice to hear. To stroke the ego, if nothing else.

[SmilingBluEyes]

Originally posted by CapeCodMermaid

Won't it be a great day for all of us when we are just nurses and doctors instead of Male nurses and Female doctors

Yes, that will happen when the public understands what it is nurses do each day beyond what they see on TV and hear annecdotally. Fat chance.

[hogan4736, BSN, RN]

christie,

Thanks, I agree there is no rudeness. Though I am firm and direct and come across as rude. I guess what I'm saying is that a female nurse saying the SAME thing I'm saying illicits a completely different response from the patient. Then I get flamed by admin for being "too harsh"

[RN2007]

Well, as you know, a lot of times it is not just what was said, so much as how something was said, the tone of voice used , your facial expression and other body language that the patient and/or patients family picks up on that can be misconstrued to be rudeness. This can happen to any nurse regardless of gender, and I think that all nurses can work harder to make sure that they come across in a calm and therapeutic manner to their patients and when they do this, I believe that the patients will benefit much more from having done so.