You know you're a male RN when......

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It's about time for a new thread to breathe life into this tired forum.....

Here we go!

You know you're a male RN when:

- You constantly complain to coworkers that your scrubs are too short, (since when is 33 long a "tall"?) and you have no boobs to fill your unisex scrub top.

- You get offended glances as you eat your cheeseburger and fries at lunch from your coworkers who are on the "lean cuisine" diet...

-People assume you, having a pair, possess the superhuman strength to lift the 350lb lady in someone else's room, regardless of the fact that several of your female coworkers look tough enough to whup yer @$$...

-Your credentials should read: RN-NWP (registered nurse, nurse with prostate)

-Your PMS detection skills are at an all-time high along with your avoidance maneuver techniques...

-You feel like you're either married to, or being a daddy to everyone else in your unit....

Keep 'em coming!

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Now I know what's REALLY going on inside your brains....

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Specializes in ED, Rehab, LTC.

My usual answer to "Why did you decide to become a "male" nurse?" is that the decision was easy when I learned about the details of the surgery required to become a "female" nurse.

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

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You know that you're a male RN when

1. Male patient's would prefer that a male nurse would do the cath insertion.

2. You're co-worker demands you to do the perinial prep of the male patient.

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and you have no boobs to fill your unisex scrub top.

Excuse me! I have BOOBS.

Their just itsy-bitsy.....

Teeni-weenie....

Like my yellow polka-dot bikini.... :D

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Specializes in gen icu/ neuro icu/ trauma icu/hdu.

Re: You know you're a male RN when......

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You know your a male RN.

When the male physician ask about the patient and you don't receive a hug/cuddle/pat/smile/giggle/and making rounds on the patient takes approx. 3 minutes........Just the facts.

Been known to happen. (mind you saw aguy hit on this particular Dr and you should have seen him run away)

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Specializes in all kinds!!.

:monkeydance: i'm sorry bout the scrubs...anyways i was just scoping out the male nurse forum because i was wondering if anymore men had shown up! we need more men in nursing!! besides dont let the scrubs get you down, guys i scrubs are hot! keep up the good work gentlemen!

A female nurse ( surprise surprise! right?)

Andrea

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Specializes in Licensed Practical Nurse.
:monkeydance: i'm sorry bout the scrubs...anyways i was just scoping out the male nurse forum because i was wondering if anymore men had shown up! we need more men in nursing!! besides dont let the scrubs get you down, guys i scrubs are hot! keep up the good work gentlemen!

a female nurse ( surprise surprise! right?)

andrea

don't feel bad, i'm a women, and i like to read the post in the male nursing forum, they are usually funny!;)

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.
don't feel bad, i'm a women, and i like to read the post in the male nursing forum, they are usually funny!;)

i dont read posts in the female forum, if there is one, i never looked.

yuck

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Here are my two:

1. Parents glare at you like your Chester the Molester when you cath their febrile baby girl.

2. Your on a date and the girl finds out your a nurse and the conversation turns to "female problems."

Also when pts call me Doctor, my usual reply is "No I work for a living, I'm a nurse."

Major Domo

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...You know you are a male nurse when...

...You are 'expected' to be strong, insensitive, and looking at her butt

...You feel as if you have to explain to patients that your spouse is actually a female

...You have to explain to your friends that you actually make more than they do, and all that money for just putting people on bedpans and giving people tylenol

...You sit by yourself at your first, second, and third day of orientation

...You have to remind your supervisor that "the girls" does not necessarily include you.

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Also when pts call me Doctor, my usual reply is "No I work for a living, I'm a nurse."

Yeah, that classic is a senior NCO's line, but hospital nursing amounts to pretty much the same thing.

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...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!

Oh my god, I was thinking this and wondering if anyone else was as paranoid as me on this one! ROFLOL

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