Male Surgical Nurses

Be_Moore · Jul 13, 2009

You have to go to school an extra year afterwards. But it isn't worth it, no one hires male surgical nurses anymore.

GadgetRN71, ASN, RN · Jul 13, 2009

What do you mean by surgical nurse? Do you mean an OR nurse or a nurse who takes care of post-ops on the floors?

If you mean OR nurse, then there is no extra schooling after you get your RN. You do have to find a place that takes new grads..and you'll be on orientation for about 6-9 months. In my facility, there is no preference for BSN either..we have ADNs, BSNs and Diploma RNs.

Gender is not a factor either.

DManAZRN · Jul 13, 2009

Of course there's a demand for surgical nurses. (OR nurse) As far as being gender specific, what's with that?

Male/Female/Not sure, still a nurse right?

Men work in L&D sometimes too, not my cup of tea, too many patients don't want you to assess them for "cultural reasons", but they apparently don't mind the male physician doing it.... whats with that?

Trust your doctor but not the nurse who's been by your side the whole shift?

I think I would trust the doctor less... wash your hands doctor gloveless!

That is definitely a double standard...

Any discrimination is still discrimination ladies. Now wear the shoe on the other foot eh?

EEOC protects you from gender bias/discrimination on hire, period.

If you feel your gender was a factor, sue.

I am a male, and have never had a problem getting a job, taking care of patients, or with anything else. I simply choose not to work in a GYN type setting due to liability from the patient or child. Too many lawyers with commercials about suing for something that happened 17 years ago, and probably would have happened anyway.

Doctors are even barring people from video taping their childbirth because these lawyers have scared them so much! My children will be on video, your not going to take away our memories Dr. X! If you can do it right then you won't mind the camera will you? Pluswhich, I want a record of it too, it's our right!

Anisettes, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2009

There's a demand for surgical nurses (OR, Peri-operative, whatever you want to call them). Every OR I've ever worked at as been understaffed. No further schooling beyond your RN (BSN, ADN, Diploma) except for the specialty orientation you'd be required for any specialty (6-9 months).

As for female vs. male, there is absolutely no preference that I've ever seen and no reason AT ALL you'd be or should be discriminated against. If anything being male in the OR can be a plus, pushing a bigass fracture table down the hall and then setting it up in another room takes a little muscle (I can attest) as the OR tends to be a bit more (heavy) equipment oriented than other specialties.

GOMER42 · Jul 13, 2009

You have to go to school an extra year afterwards. But it isn't worth it, no one hires male surgical nurses anymore.

Don't know where you get your information.

You can get hired into an OR right out of any nursing program. Hospitals typically have 6-12 month internships in which they train you in the OR to scrub and circulate. There isn't a bigger demand for male vs. female. Facilities just want a good candidate to fill the position as with most any other specialty.