Obama on Males in Nursing

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I mean, nursing, teaching are all areas where we need more men. I've always said if we can get more men in the classroom, particularly in inner cities where a lot of young people don't have fathers, that could be of enormous benefit...I think that if you start seeing nursing pay better and teaching pay better, and some of these other professions, you're going to see more men in those fields, although there's a little bit of a chicken and an egg-if you start getting more men in those fields, then the stereotypes about this being a woman's field and all the gender stereotypes that arise out of thinking that somehow they're not the primary breadwinner, those stereotypes start being whittled away.

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I agree with him

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Specializes in Rehabilitation; LTC; Med-Surg.
I mean, nursing, teaching are all areas where we need more men. I've always said if we can get more men in the classroom, particularly in inner cities where a lot of young people don't have fathers, that could be of enormous benefit...I think that if you start seeing nursing pay better and teaching pay better, and some of these other professions, you're going to see more men in those fields, although there's a little bit of a chicken and an egg-if you start getting more men in those fields, then the stereotypes about this being a woman's field and all the gender stereotypes that arise out of thinking that somehow they're not the primary breadwinner, those stereotypes start being whittled away.

This article will be in Sunday's New York Times. The rest of the preview is here.

I agree

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Couldn't have said it better myself...totally agree

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I was a male teacher. It didn't help, lol. I quit and became a cop.

Had to edit in case you wondered why I'm here...when I was in paramedic school about five years ago I got interested in FNP so I'm looking at doing the whole RN thing to become one. I've got all the prereqs with my first degree so the process shouldn't be too bad. Bring on a challenge - as long as I can stay in the cop business a little bit.

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You have to be careful though... I won't say anything until I have time to read the entire blurp, but I don't think he wants just more men in nursing- he wants more people in nursing period, ultimately driving the pay down. No?

Didn't get already give $500,000,000 of the stimulus towards healthcare workers, including teachers and the expansion of nursing programs ($100,000,000 going directly towards nursing)? So how do you expect to expand, yet raise pay like stated above? "I think" and "I'll do" are two totally different things... but coming from a politician, neither mean much.

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so he wants to raise nurse pay, but cut health care costs???

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You have to be careful though... I won't say anything until I have time to read the entire blurp, but I don't think he wants just more men in nursing- he wants more people in nursing period, ultimately driving the pay down. No?

You really should read it before you type, as this blurb's from an interview. The broad topic for that section of the interview is "The New Gender Gap" and the specific question was:

Would you also encourage men to become more comfortable working in fields that they traditionally have not? I mean, nursing is a very well-paying field. There's a shortage there.

What you go on to say has absolutely nothing to do with what he's talking about.

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As if he's told us anything we don't already know. His speechwriters need some new material

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This was an interview. No speechwriters were involved.

Okay, so apparently you don't like the guy. However, don't you find it intriguing that in a sit down interview, without a prepared script, he would initiate this topic on his own? He's obviously given the issue some thought.

Whether or not this translates into a policy initiative is another matter.

As if he's told us anything we don't already know. His speechwriters need some new material
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This was an interview. No speechwriters were involved.

Okay, so apparently you don't like the guy. However, don't you find it intriguing that in a sit down interview, without a prepared script, he would initiate this topic on his own? He's obviously given the issue some thought.

Whether or not this translates into a policy initiative is another matter.

Tozz is just as biased as the people who don't like Obama.

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This was an interview. No speechwriters were involved.

Okay, so apparently you don't like the guy. However, don't you find it intriguing that in a sit down interview, without a prepared script, he would initiate this topic on his own? He's obviously given the issue some thought.

Whether or not this translates into a policy initiative is another matter.

Don't let Obama's charisma fool you into thinking his advisors do not educate him on every single subject he should and should not broach in an "interview," the interviewer has to have his/her questions approved by Obama's "people" before the interview takes place.

Why can't I make a comment such as I did without me being labeled as not liking the man?

Since when every comment about our current President has got to be a supportive one?

I won't apologize for not being a fan of every policy and/or initiative he stands for.

Also, I will not be politically-correct either.

Lastly, of course he had better given this issue some thought, he's the President, I would sure as hell hope he gives every topic some bit of thought; or at least his speechwriters:up:

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