males vs females as new RN's.

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Hi i brought up this topic on another subforum but getting no answers because there seems to be not a lot of active users there, I was wondering whats the take on gender preferences/need and hiring around the country, also particularly in Connecticut for new graduate RN's?

Are males able to get hired better? And are there states that are more male needy or female needy?

Also do males receive better pay as new graduate RN's(and how much aprxmtly?) in CT or generally in US.

And why is that there is such an advantage for males in nursing?

Reminds me when my nursing manager brought me into her office and tried to repremand me for not putting the toilet seat up.... I threatened to sue and she was much nicer to me.

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Hi i brought up this topic on another subforum but getting no answers because there seems to be not a lot of active users there, I was wondering whats the take on gender preferences/need and hiring around the country, also particularly in Connecticut for new graduate RN's?

Are males able to get hired better? And are there states that are more male needy or female needy?

Also do males receive better pay as new graduate RN's(and how much aprxmtly?) in CT or generally in US.

And why is that there is such an advantage for males in nursing?

Perhaps the reason that you got so few responses was that the rest of the bloggers, like me, found the question to be so insulting. We have worked so hard to be non-gender specific, that your question just seems so ludicrous.

I don't and never will {and I'm an OLD nurse) think in terms of gender in my practice. It simply never crosses my thoughts. For you to do such just sets us ALL back 50 years.

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Reminds me when my nursing manager brought me into her office and tried to repremand me for not putting the toilet seat up.... I threatened to sue and she was much nicer to me.

Wait a minute, you were reprimanded for "not" leaving the seat up by a female? I can see leaving it up being a problem. Most married dudes would agree that this single action can make or break a marriage. Luckily, I was housebroken by a girl I dated way back in high school.

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I would never look at it as Males versus Females. We are all nurses and should be on the same team.

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I am a male nurse, and I can not find a job to save my life, I have applied everywhere I am also really young (19) I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I thinking of just leaving nursing and going on to medicine. :-(

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Holy cow... leave nursing, and go into medicine? You come from a rich family? How are you possibly going to pay off the prior loans? Oh, you're 19. That explains it.:idea:

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Holy cow... leave nursing, and go into medicine? You come from a rich family? How are you possibly going to pay off the prior loans? Oh, you're 19. That explains it.:idea:

Good for him if he jumps on things at his age. I'm back in school after many years and it is a significantly more painful experience than I remember as a nursing student.

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I am a male nurse, and I can not find a job to save my life, I have applied everywhere I am also really young (19) I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I thinking of just leaving nursing and going on to medicine. :-(

Unless you are a stellar genious, and if you were, I doubt nursing would be your first choice; there is NO way you could have graduated nursing school at 19. We would ALL have heard about it.

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Unless you are a stellar genious, and if you were, I doubt nursing would be your first choice; there is NO way you could have graduated nursing school at 19. We would ALL have heard about it.

i dont see why not. per his user name, i would guess he went to LPN school. aren't those programs @ 1 year long? i.e., graduate HS @ 17 or 18 and get the LPN license 1-1.5 yrs later @ age 18-19.

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Unless you are a stellar genious, and if you were, I doubt nursing would be your first choice; there is NO way you could have graduated nursing school at 19. We would ALL have heard about it.

Haha I did high school and nursing program through the public school system, and got my high school diploma and nursing degree at the same time then I got licensed 2 months later, because I had issues with my finger prints. In all reality I really like to help people, I have even been offering to accept min wage for a job, I really dont care about money I am young and still in college doing my undergrad, but I am bored and would really like to get on the floor of a any unit to get back to actual nursing or any form of medicine. But like I said no luck finding a job and my license is going to expire soon. :-(

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Haha I did high school and nursing program through the public school system, and got my high school diploma and nursing degree at the same time then I got licensed 2 months later

Well I can't attest to him being a genius without knowing him, but He's got the intiative and drive for Med School at the very least. I just hope the same initiative and drive can see you through to a job as a nurse so you can honestly decide which would be better for you.

On the original Topic of male vs female nurses, in two years of school I have only noticed a few minor things.

A) In classes with "Male" teachers I was virtually ignored, never picked to answer questions, and no great amount of interest was ever shown in any of my concerns. The gals in my class used to joke with me That I should stuff my shirt aka get breast, then I would be noticed.

B) The dreaded OB clinicals was pretty much what I thought they would be...I spent most of my time on post care doing medsurg related skills. Few times I went to active labor the other nurses on duty made me very aware I was an "outsider" to their speciality who was being tolerated. No big deal to me because I have/had no desire to work OB.

C) I differ from some males in that I am 40 and the fast paced exciting areas such as ER don't really do it for me. I Plan to spec in geriatric care, where yes the upper body strength comes in handy but with hoyer lifts negate that advantage. The only other thing nurses like about me being male is that I tend to get male patients with dementia who are sexually innapropriate with female nurses.

D. And in closing...only other thing i can think of is that I can write my name better in the snow, or in other words I havent noticed much difference between male and female nurses with the exception of the above mentioned lack of joining in on drama or cliques.

now...ya want to talk about differences...talk about age..I am the only male in my class, and 40 yo among a sea of young twenty somethings. I remember makeing a joke about how I wanted to be a nurse because I wanted to be Margeret Houlihan from M*A*S*H since i was a kid...and the gals just stared at me mumbling "Whats Mash?"

Semper Fi

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I don't think it should be male vs female in nursing. I've worked with male and female nurses,of course there are less males. I do feel sorry for them because they are called on to help with heavy pt, lifting, turning etc. I really don't think that is fair. I find most male nurses don't stay on med/surg or any general unit.They tend to go to CCU, ER, telemetry and management. I'm not sure why. It may be the money and it may be they feel more isolated on general units.

Either way we need more of them. It would make for a more balanced profession. I'm glad to have the ones we do. I've found the males that I have worked with were hard workers and well educated.

The not being able to find a job I think has more to do with the economy than being male. A lot of nurses, especially in certain areas are having trouble finding jobs.

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