Ok I am a 24 yr old male thinking about nursing. I work in the IT field and hate it. The nite shift is the main turn off . I cant tolerate a night shift position whatsoever.
Im thinking about going for an RN either ADN or BSN. I want to get into education and teach eventually
Well as a male could any of you guys tell me the good and bad of nursing as a male. I woudl like the 'raw' honest opinions.
Nursing would pay more money than I make now. IT Jobs are soooo scarce and I want something thats more people oriented.
sorry to jump on the bandwagon but yes it does exist. wheather in jest or spit you hear the comments that you only got the job because your male, your only incharge because your male, the boss takes it easy on you because he's male. yeah it exists
I'm simply saying I have never heard it. Ever.
Maybe Northern California is different.
Also, the worst gossip at work is a man where I work but I would never say all men are gossips.
We do have a terrible gossip problem. So much so that people are beginning to feel unsafe with their co-workers.
Also, the worst gossip at work is a man where I work but I would never say all men are gossips.
We do have a terrible gossip problem. So much so that people are beginning to feel unsafe with their co-workers.
steph
Maybe because your not a Male RN, therefore never noticed any such animosity. However, just because you have not witnessed, or failed to witnessed such does not mean it does not exist.
Wow, I must be the luckiest male nurse in the northeast. To the guy that wrote the book: I think you need to think about changing departments, or maybe you just had a few bad days lately. Way too much negativity. I love working in my ED. We have a total of 53 FTE's, and 17 of us are male, and all of us usually have a blast. We all know each others families and kids, we do things as groups (like bowling, skiing, white-water rafting, etc.) Ya, maybe there are times when "us guys" have to lift, deal with the out of control psych patient, or whatever; but we use these things to make us all closer. Now, I'm certainly not saying we do not have our share of personal problems, we just try to focus on the positives. You need to look at the leadership of your department, because leadership is a direct reflection of the department. Now to the guy thinking about going to nursing school: It can be a great career, it can be a very frustrating career, some even look at it as just a job. You MUST luv working and helping people while at the same time receiving little to no thanks. Money wise, it's OK. WE ARE ALL SEVERLEY UNDERPAID!!!!!!!. It's very physical, I worked for 15 years as a Paramedic, and being a nurse is "way more" physical. I also think the idea of shadowing someone is a great idea, you must be careful tho with the HIPPA laws. I hope this helped
Wow, I must be the luckiest male nurse in the northeast. To the guy that wrote the book: I think you need to think about changing departments, or maybe you just had a few bad days lately. Way too much negativity. I love working in my ED. We have a total of 53 FTE's, and 17 of us are male, and all of us usually have a blast. We all know each others families and kids, we do things as groups (like bowling, skiing, white-water rafting, etc.) Ya, maybe there are times when "us guys" have to lift, deal with the out of control psych patient, or whatever; but we use these things to make us all closer. Now, I'm certainly not saying we do not have our share of personal problems, we just try to focus on the positives. You need to look at the leadership of your department, because leadership is a direct reflection of the department.
well if you did acually read the post you would see that i said i never have had any issues. as i said before i love being a male nurse. and the only depatment that has that many guys is the E.R. my floor has 35 nurses one male. most floors are this way. plus you have your patients with the one doc. no one else to jump in, just you and the doc. on the floor no doc everyone jumps in. go into an ER counting the techs and docs half the staff are guys, makes for a very different working condition. now i understand you dont have to deal with the heavy patients or the psych patients because your patients are usually all different by the end of your shift, they are only there for a few hours. everyone else not in the ER has to deal with them everyday all day for many days not just a few hours. i mean how often do you need to clean a bed with a huge patient, not often if ever right, your patients are not there long enough. of course we focus on the positive but all the things i said are ture. plus the OP asked for good and bad, i said just as many good things as bad. we dont need to sugar coat the working conditions. the ER does not compare to any floor when dealing with other nurses. my post was takeing into account the whole hospital not just the ER or one unit. as far as leadership on the floors this is very different from the ER, you have the doc right there telling you what to do. that makes things so easy. if your patients acts up all you do is ask the doc. for something to help the patient, 10 minutes maybe dealing with a combatitive patient before the doc orders something. everyone else has to deal with the patient untill we get a call back. sometimes that takes hours. i have worked in the ER for about 3 years at two different hospitals, at the same time of course, and i must say it is the easiest by far, as far as dealing with other staff, patients and meds or charting.
I think that we need to keep in mind that as with any profession/career path, there are men and women who are going to treat members of the opposite gender poorly. Yes, that includes Nursing. I have had the misfortune to meet and work with a couple of these women. They go out of their way to let you know that you are not welcome in the "girls" club. I just keep in mind that I am not here to satisfy my coworkers, rather I am here to attend to the health of my patients. I firmly believe that these women are the same ones that treat ANY males that they interact with poorly. I just thank God that I am not married to one of those women! I have also had the good fortune to work with many more women who not only treated men well, but they are quite supportive and encouraging. The important thing is that I can learn something valuable from ALL of them about nursing and life in general. I just remember that I know what I know, and thus far I have been capable of rendering competant, compassionate, and sfae care to all of my patients ... male and female.
Maybe because your not a Male RN, therefore never noticed any such animosity. However, just because you have not witnessed, or failed to witnessed such does not mean it does not exist.
You are right - I'm a girl and so haven't experienced it. But I also haven't see any woman give a guy a hard time for being a male nurse. The animosity spoken of isn't done in a barrel . . . . . it would be visible to others. If a female nurse gave a male nurse a hard time, wouldn't her co-workers hear and/or see it? Wouldn't there be talk behind the male co-worker's back?
I'm not saying it doesn't exist. I'm sure it does. I can't help being shocked at it though - as I've never seen it.
I have experienced backstabbing behavior on the part of co-workers and have experienced gossipy behavior and pot-stirrers. I know that it exists. It just doesn't generally happen just because of the sex of the nurse but because someone has a chip on their shoulder or a problem playing well together in the sandbox with ANYONE.
I acknowledge bad behavior exists. I'm truly not arguing about that.
I think that we need to keep in mind that as with any profession/career path, there are men and women who are going to treat members of the opposite gender poorly. Yes, that includes Nursing. I have had the misfortune to meet and work with a couple of these women. They go out of their way to let you know that you are not welcome in the "girls" club. I just keep in mind that I am not here to satisfy my coworkers, rather I am here to attend to the health of my patients. I firmly believe that these women are the same ones that treat ANY males that they interact with poorly. I just thank God that I am not married to one of those women! I have also had the good fortune to work with many more women who not only treated men well, but they are quite supportive and encouraging. The important thing is that I can learn something valuable from ALL of them about nursing and life in general. I just remember that I know what I know, and thus far I have been capable of rendering competant, compassionate, and sfae care to all of my patients ... male and female.
I think you are right. Thanks.
And now the girl will leave and let you all hash it out. :)
I think that we need to keep in mind that as with any profession/career path, there are men and women who are going to treat members of the opposite gender poorly. Yes, that includes Nursing. I have had the misfortune to meet and work with a couple of these women. They go out of their way to let you know that you are not welcome in the "girls" club. I just keep in mind that I am not here to satisfy my coworkers, rather I am here to attend to the health of my patients. I firmly believe that these women are the same ones that treat ANY males that they interact with poorly. I just thank God that I am not married to one of those women! I have also had the good fortune to work with many more women who not only treated men well, but they are quite supportive and encouraging. The important thing is that I can learn something valuable from ALL of them about nursing and life in general. I just remember that I know what I know, and thus far I have been capable of rendering competant, compassionate, and sfae care to all of my patients ... male and female.
And now the girl will leave and let you all hash it out. :)
steph
So, you will agree with malenurse1 that animosity between nurse genders exist, yet you refused to appreciate my similar viewpoint. Plus, your analogy of animosity in a barrel seems a little catty to me. Why the hate towards me? :stone
So, you will agree with malenurse1 that animosity between nurse genders exist, yet you refused to appreciate my similar viewpoint. Plus, your analogy of animosity in a barrel seems a little catty to me. Why the hate towards me? :stone
"Hate"?
I did agree with you that it exists, I said I was just surprised to read of it because in the little rural hospital where I have always worked, I've never seen it - we exist more as er-guy noted . . . . we are a big family, not perfect, we work as a team for the most part.
The "animosity in a barrel" was not catty - you may have misunderstood me (one of the drawbacks to internet conversation) . ... I meant that if this stuff was happening, surely I would see or hear it, as it doesn't happen "in a barrel" so to speak or in other words, it doesn't happen where it can't be seen. Someone would see it. Someone would hear it. The male nurse where I work would talk about it. The women where I work would talk about it.
I've agreed that it happens. I simply was surprised because I've not seen it.
I'm really not arguing. Nor do I hate you - I really like your posts and contribution to this bb.
I did agree with you that it exists, I said I was just surprised to read of it because in the little rural hospital where I have always worked, I've never seen it - we exist more as er-guy noted . . . . we are a big family, not perfect, we work as a team for the most part.
The "animosity in a barrel" was not catty - you may have misunderstood me (one of the drawbacks to internet conversation) . ... I meant that if this stuff was happening, surely I would see or hear it, as it doesn't happen "in a barrel" so to speak or in other words, it doesn't happen where it can't be seen. Someone would see it. Someone would hear it. The male nurse where I work would talk about it. The women where I work would talk about it.
I've agreed that it happens. I simply was surprised because I've not seen it.
I'm really not arguing. Nor do I hate you - I really like your posts and contribution to this bb.
steph
Oops, my apologies. :flowersfo
Thanks for the clarification. Your right, is was an internet misunderstanding on my part ... :Crash: ... I'd rather blame my PC, than myself :chuckle
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I'm simply saying I have never heard it. Ever.
Maybe Northern California is different.
Also, the worst gossip at work is a man where I work but I would never say all men are gossips.
We do have a terrible gossip problem. So much so that people are beginning to feel unsafe with their co-workers.
steph