Myn in OB

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Gender issue question ladies and gents,

How well received are male CRNA's in the OB realm? It sounds pretty neat to me since I am going to be a proud pop in about a week, and I am curious to see what the scoop is. Any of you fellas doing ob exclusively?

hook'em

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I'm an ER nurse, but I've hung out on OB a few times...all the CRNAs where I work are guys, and everyone loves them. Not "weird" at all. ;)

Congrats on becoming a pop! :D

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Our department is pretty evenly split male/female, and we all do our time in OB. Except for the rare request for a female anesthetist or anesthesiologist based on religion, we don't pay any attention to who's there. And in an emergency, you're gonna get whoever gets there first regardless.

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Specializes in 4 years peds, 7 years L and D.

Lurker L and D RN here...CRNA wanna be one day...our CRNAs are about 50/50 male and female in the OB dept. where I work. Nobody seems to blink an eye either way. The CRNAs only attend sections though, they do not place epidurals. (I think I will ask why this week at work.)

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We have a small hospital, three MDAs and three CRNAs, all men. Most women don't care, they just want their epidurals.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency.

i have to chime in here, mainly because of my experiences in nursing school during the ol' OB rotation.. hated it.. i wanted to learn and the facility i was at, as well as the staff, was not willing to offer the male students any opportunity to learn (there were only 3 in my class at the time).. i was offered to view a yeast slide and, god forbid, an actual delivery.. what a waste of time and money on my part.. it was basically a textbook rotation.. for that, i have the impression that males, except for docs, will truly not be accepted in the ob/gyn field.. and for that, who needs it - - as far as the crna realm goes, i can't be too sure that that would become an issue..

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We have one male CRNA and when he goes on vacation we have a traveling male CRNA.

Both are awesome. By the time the woman gets her epidural, she is madly in love with the guy who walks in to place it. Most male CRNAs I know have gotten marriage proposals many times.

So, yes, male CRNA's do have a place in OB.

steph

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Lurker L and D RN here...CRNA wanna be one day...our CRNAs are about 50/50 male and female in the OB dept. where I work. Nobody seems to blink an eye either way. The CRNAs only attend sections though, they do not place epidurals. (I think I will ask why this week at work.)

Not all states permit the CRNA to insert an epidural. Also depends on hospital policy.

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Specializes in 4 years peds, 7 years L and D.

They place it them at other hospitals in the state, and they may even place them in our main OR, just not OB patients. I really have to ask now..curiousity peaked!

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Our CRNA places epidurals in OB. He also does them and spinals in surgery.

steph

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Not all states permit the CRNA to insert an epidural

suzanne, i was wondering if you had evidence to support this statement. as a practicing crna i have been under the impression that crna's can work independantly in all 50 states. the only restriction to practice being hospital policy, not state nursing law.

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Specializes in ICU, CVICU.

I have no insights but the title of this thread made me giggle :)

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