the New Guy

I am also a male nurse. I am 36 years old. I have been a RN in the ED for 8 1/2 years. Prior to that I spent 6 years as a paramedic. Going form working with 99% male (paramedic) to 99% female (nursing) wasn't all that hard I just listened to my wife. She said keep your mouth shut cuz everything you say will come back to haunt you. Very good advice. Seriously tho being a male in the nursing profession is not bad at all. I just accepted a new position in the ICU I start feburary 6th. My goal is to go on the be a CRNA. There is deffinately room for males in this profession. Don't do RT too much snot and gross secretions. LOL Keep me informed, I'll be more than happy to give you any needed advice. Tim :chuckle

Oh by the way I am also an Iowa boy. I grew up in Spirit Lake (Okoboji) Iowa. I currently live in Vermillion, SD. Good luck bro, you 'll be fine.:beer:

glad to have you, as well as pinto.

since you are new here and making your first post here on this forum, i am going to post my standard hello greeting i use in the introductions and greetings forum....to help you become more familiar with our board. we also have a male nursing student forum...check it out as well. welcome to you both, my friends.

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thanks for the intro. it's nice to know there is a male forum out there to get the support i need to take up this occupation.

being in the automotive service field, i would compare a male going into nursing similiar to a woman going into the automotive mechanics field. there are a few ladies out there doing it, but, they don't have the easiest time of it. the guys generally don't give them a hard time, but think about the ladies getting together at an avon party....."hey, i'm a hair-dresser" or i'm a x,y or z. what do you do cindy??" "oh, i'm a auto mechanic."

well, you get the jist. i am truly looking foreward to the profession, just hope i have what it takes to make it through the program. mainly it's the time involved getting through the pre-requisites, then a 3-5 semester wait to get into the nursing program, then 2 yrs of the program.

thanks again for the intro to the forum. look forward to it!!

Hello, I am happy to see that there are a large amount of males in nursing. I am new to this web site and am a nursing student. I do have plenty of experience in the field however, MRT and EMT for ten years and an ER tech for the last five. I found the medical field by accident when I was in my mid twenties, forced by my job to become a first responder. I can say I have no regrets and love what I do most of the time. If anyone has advice to a nursing newbie I would love to here from you.

Welcome. Good luck to you!