OB Unit for Male Student

[nurse2bguy555]

Hi. I'm a male nursing student about to start OB Clinicals. Since I'm a male, most hospitals would not let me do clinicals. My instructor could only find one hospital to accept me, but the problem is that the hospital is an hour and a half from my house. I'd have to leave super early in the morning and go back home late at night. The clinical rotation is over a month and I would be using almost half a tank of gas a day. My instructor said this is the only place she could find. Does anyone have ideas of how I could get a site closer, like maybe call a nearby hospital and ask if I can do clinicals there, like as long as a woman is in the room with me, or if they just approve in general? Thanks. ?

[Megarline, CNA]

On 1/15/2020 at 2:48 PM, NewenglandMSNRNBC said:

Hmmmm maybe just me but not sure I'm buying the whole "no males allowed" business during OB clinicals.

On 1/21/2020 at 4:56 PM, nurse2bguy555 said:

It was "no males allowed".

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[nurse2bguy555]

On 1/25/2020 at 3:37 PM, Orion81RN said:

Crazy. Glad you're ok. What I meant is, how were males suddenly allowed.

Oh, sorry. I got changed to a different clinical type all together. I mostly do easier stuff, like CNA, but ti's worth it. OB isn't my field, so it doesn't really bother me.