oh, so you're studying to be a "male" nurse...

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:D I just heart it when people ask me that.

I'm a Nursing Assistant at my hospital's ICU, and I only need 4 more months to finish up my RN. But, when they ask me if I'm a student and what's my major. Their response is "oh, neat, another male nurse."

I just let it go by...but in a while, why do people have to put "male" in front of it. People can just say nurse.

I don't say "Oh, you went to med school to become a female doctor." I find it kind of rude.

I know nursing is a field that the majority are women, but little things like that really bothers.

Female lawyers, Female physicians, Female Cops...I mean, I don't see guys say that.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in ICU.

I read the best reply ever to that in the male student forum (I would give credit to whoever said it but I don't remember). When asked why do you want to be a male nurse the response was "I wanted to be a female nurse but the waiting list was too long". I put that one in reserve for use later.

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I read the best reply ever to that in the male student forum (I would give credit to whoever said it but I don't remember). When asked why do you want to be a male nurse the response was "I wanted to be a female nurse but the waiting list was too long". I put that one in reserve for use later.

Ha! I like that one. I read someone eles' reply to that same question which made me laugh which was "because the sex change to become a female nurse was too expensive."

I'm still waiting for someone to ask me in person why I became a male nurse or mention that i'm a male nurse, but just hasn't happened yet.

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"I thought about becoming a female nurse, but I couldn't find a skirt that fit right".

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Specializes in LTC, Dementia/Alzheimer's.

lol! too funny, guys! :yeah:

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
Ha! I like that one. I read someone eles' reply to that same question which made me laugh which was "because the sex change to become a female nurse was too expensive."

I'm still waiting for someone to ask me in person why I became a male nurse or mention that i'm a male nurse, but just hasn't happened yet.

Hi I had a FEMALE REPORTER interview me about 20 years ago asked me

about MALE NURSING....I could tell she was fishing for some comment I might make that she could smear over her yellow rag...so I shot her right in her literrary ...Journalistic head....I said " You know grammatically when you speak of a Nurse...if there is only one male in the nursing profession

you would have to refer All nurses as HE rather than she to be grammatically correct. The rule states that if there is a question regarding

gender when speaking of a group of people it would be Masculine By

Prefferance......Right ............She just sat there and sneared at me:)

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Oh, you're studying to be a male nurse?

No, I know how to be male. It's just the nursing part I'm working on.

Good luck with the last of your schooling.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

I find it impossible not to be disagreeable when Iam disagreeing because dissagreeable means the ability to dissagree.

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Why do you want to be a male nurse??

If you want something done right, send a man do it.

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I had a friend many years ago who happened to be an RN of the masculine persuasion, and when he got the inevitable, "Oh, are you a male nurse??" comments, his standard reply was a pleasant, "No, I take care of females, too."

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When I told my friends and family that I was going to be a nurse, the first that comes out their mouth was "Gaylord Focker". I ignored it. Other people will say "That's a good field to get into as a male". I didn't know what that meant. However, you'll be surprised how many males I know are getting into nursing. It's changing.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I work in a ICU also, I have some replies on the tip of my tongue ready to go when someone asks if im a male nurse.

1. yes im a man and a RN, are you a male fast food worker ?

2. why do you use my gender to describe my profession ?

3. No, im not a male nurse, I went to college to treat both men and women

4. shut up, just shut up you redneck

5. Yes, im a RN, im also a republican, a combat veteran several times over and heterosexual ? Any other questions ?

6. since you asked me that, do you have a problem with a guy being a RN ?

7. the percieved days of nurses humbling themselves to the patients and the families are over, now if you want some coffee go to the vending machine to make it, its not my job to make and serve coffee to family members

:argue::cool:

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