Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

StillRN · Jan 17, 2016

meeting other male nurses and making crude jokes that otherwise wouldn't go over so well. There are plenty of female nurses that can be raunchy and inappropriate like myself but you really have to seek those out. One bad joke can definitely change the entire nature of a work relationship, whereas i've never felt that was the case with my fellow bro-murses haha

I have to deal with that as a female nurse too. Most of the girls love my jokes because they don't have the guts to say they were thinking the exact same thing. But it also lands me in "the office" due to the prudes as well.

My favorite thing about male nurses. .. other than their obviously useful strength.....is their butts in scrub pants!! Yum :yes: :roflmao:

RNator · Jan 18, 2016

Infiltrating the female ranks, only to find out that they are every bit as sexual and twisted as men.

PacoUSA, BSN, RN · Jan 20, 2016

Always being assured you will have someone to help put in a Foley in a female (even though you can certainly handle doing this yourself but you know you will always need a chaperone).

MYSTICOOKIEBEAR · Jan 20, 2016

Some of the best nights at work is when we have a "Sausage Fest" aka more guys than gals on the unit and pretty much just bro out, shoot the sh*t, and get stuff done! :roflmao:

This is kind of weird but I usually get assigned all of the people who are known misogynists, sex offenders, and criminals and EVERY SINGLE TIME I have gotten along swimmingly with them :woot:

StillRN · Jan 20, 2016

Do you single murses find it very easy to find dates and or gf's at work? U certainly a huge pool to choose from... Which is actually opposite of what everyone thinks about us girls (that there is a plethora of hot single doctors just lining up to be our love slaves) :roflmao:

MYSTICOOKIEBEAR · Jan 20, 2016

Do you single murses find it very easy to find dates and or gf's at work? U certainly a huge pool to choose from... Which is actually opposite of what everyone thinks about us girls (that there is a plethora of hot single doctors just lining up to be our love slaves)

When it comes to any romantic involvement, I stay away from my coworkers like the plague . Hanging out, going out dancing, drinks, and dinner together in a group is totally fine. But dating a coworker is just not a good idea. For me, work is work, and play is play. I make sure to keep those things separate.

sjalv · Jan 21, 2016

Do you single murses find it very easy to find dates and or gf's at work? U certainly a huge pool to choose from... Which is actually opposite of what everyone thinks about us girls (that there is a plethora of hot single doctors just lining up to be our love slaves)

I worked with a nurse (male) who started dating another nurse (female) on opposite shifts. The male nurse started hitting on a tech, and word got around, and it made for an awkward breakup. I would simply recommend not dating coworkers at all. They had to give report to each other after that a few times and I imagine that was pretty awkward.

honeyforasalteyfish · Jan 31, 2016

I was the only male in my CNA class. So I always found it amusing when the topic turned to men.

I was always looked to, to explain the male perspective.

Plus everybody roots for you to make it, or maybe that was just my awesome class!

Farawyn · Jan 31, 2016

...Which is actually opposite of what everyone thinks about us girls (that there is a plethora of hot single doctors just lining up to be our love slaves)

Yea, no one thinks that.

barcode120x, RN, NP · Feb 4, 2016

Yeah, there's a lot of attractive females at work, but I honestly don't really think about a relationship further than coworkers/friends. Sure, they're super hot and it's nice to know these kind of people, but despite still single, it doesn't strike me to go for them. There's playful talk and such, but I keep it no further than that. The awkwardness at work IF I were to start a relationship with a coworker is in the back of my mind.

Then again, it seems that like 95% of the females at my work are already taken anyways :roflmao:

kalevra, BSN, RN · Feb 5, 2016

Met my wife

flmd · Mar 17, 2016

Serious answer: 1. More respect from Doctors, family members, pt's, PA's, NP's, management, etc. - I am never disrespected or talked down to by anyone that I work with. 2. Makes the unit life easier with me helping with lifting, ambulating, restraining confused pts, getting up in pt's or family members when they are out of line as that stops with the quickness when they see a guy get up in their business. 3. Left out of unit drama/gossip. Not that my unit is very dramatic or gossipful in the first place, but I am happy to be left out of that nonsense. Ive learned over the past few years that women can be totally nice to you to your face, but the instant the day shift or night shift leaves, the **** talking may commence. 4. Managers and HR like diversity in nursing. They know that male RN's bring a lot to the table and I've personally never had a tough time during a job interview or during performance reviews, etc. All my job interviews so far have been really laid back and they were talking like I already had the job a few minutes after walking in the door. One Nursing Manager didn't even bother looking at my resume - she took me on a tour through the hospital right away and then asked if I had any questions for her (which I did of course), but she didn't ask me any questions about my work history and experience. 5. Female cowokers like having a guy around to shoot the **** and be raunchy with. My female coworkers on night shift are really laid back and we have a grand ol' time once 11pm or 0000 hits and everyone settles in for the night. I've learned some incredibly personal and sexual stuff from my coworkers (with the implication that I never gossip about it of course). 6. Had a few coworkers come on to me; dated one of them. Not as easy as it seems though to get a hot young RN girlfriend as almost 99% of the ones I work with are either engaged or married.