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In your opinin how to attract male to study nursing?

For the love of nursing. That's how I became attracted! :)

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I did not have to be "attracted" to study nursing so to say. I have always found science interesting and have always found myself watching those "reality" medical shows, Trauma in the ER, on TV as long as I can remember.

Same here. Unfortunately, nursing school isn't really cutting it.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
Same here. Unfortunately, nursing school isn't really cutting it.

It gets better once you escape trust me.

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Specializes in Med surg, LTC, Administration.
It looks like a cross between the village people and a recruitment ad for the rainbow coalition.

Lmao! Omg tears! Too funny!!

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I am in the process of starting a scholarship for males going into nursing. Part of the plan is to do some adverstising such as billboards. I was thinking of something like man up, be a nurse. But now I have second thougts, is it the picture they used or the concept of are you man enough that you all find lame?

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I am in the process of starting a scholarship for males going into nursing. Part of the plan is to do some adverstising such as billboards. I was thinking of something like man up, be a nurse. But now I have second thougts, is it the picture they used or the concept of are you man enough that you all find lame?

The picture is lame, and the slogan is lame.

I can't at this very moment articulate why I feel the slogan isn't a good one, but if nothing it would make me embarassed to be a nurse. It almost suggests by the photo you're trying to prove something like little man syndrome and driving big vehicles.

Think of it as the saying "I'm man enough to wear pink." I, however, ascribe to the, "I'm man enough to not have to wear pink to prove I'm man enough" school of thought. It's a dang job. Nurses work in healthcare. There are other healthcare jobs. It's a helping profession. There are a lot of helping professions. What are they going to put on a police ad recruting female officers, "Are you girly enough?" It just doesn't make sense.

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Specializes in ICU.

The real question is...Who is the REAL "That" guy. You can't both be THAT guy, or you'd be THOSE guys....

It's a mystery.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
I am in the process of starting a scholarship for males going into nursing. Part of the plan is to do some adverstising such as billboards. I was thinking of something like man up, be a nurse. But now I have second thougts, is it the picture they used or the concept of are you man enough that you all find lame?

I agree with my counterpart. That slogan is bad. The other man enough slogan is bad as well. It makes me feel like I have to persuaded to come into a profession and prove im a guy. Its like anytime family calls me a male nurse. Just call me your nurse tonight. Why cant it be a campaign like "look at all this cool **** you get to do and you get to help people at the same time!"

The real question is...Who is the REAL "That" guy. You can't both be THAT guy, or you'd be THOSE guys....

It's a mystery.

You are Ricky Astley. You are the ultimate that guy.

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I teach a business/economic class at the local HS through J/A. It's focus is on education and job opportunities. I did this thing where I had them hold up their hand to the following questions, how many would consider being a nurse, how about a nurse practioner, how about a doctor. You can guess the result, no males for nurse, 1 for nurse practioner (he had been to one who was male), many males and females for doctor. As we get older our thinking matures with experience. So the challenge is how do I reach a 17-18 year old male who believes nurses are female and nursing not guys work. I would imagine 90%+ of their contact with nurses are female, they turn on TV the nurses are female or in the case of Nurse Jackie they toss in the obligatory gay male. YOU know the true story, but how do I reach the 17-18 year old male that is getting ready to graduate and choose a job path. How do I get them to consider nursing and feel nursing is not just for women. A slogan has to be short and to the point to be used on a billboard. Listing things like pay, what you get to do, the rewards, helping people, opportunity, whatever is to detailed to be used in that media. Anyone got a suggestion for a slogan?

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Specializes in ER.

Middleager, that is a really interesting question that I have never thought about. Have you posted your own thread about this? Because I would be curious as to what other people say about it.

Being a 24 year old female, I can offer no insight to the mind of a 17 year old dude. But, I think there are other people that could! :)

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.

How to attract men to nursing? Very, very simple...

Pay a decent wage, provide decent benefits, offer up some job security, provide a respectful work environment in which the workers are valued, provide a means to participate in how the workplace functions, and perhaps even a bit of... *gasp*... real autonomy.

In other words, just the same way that you attract men to most vocations.

If you pay them, they will come.

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A slogan has to be short and to the point to be used on a billboard... Anyone got a suggestion for a slogan?
Frankly, the kinds of people who would be attracted to the work because of a slogan aren't exactly the kinds of people I'd be looking for.
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