Jasano

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1. Male Nurse will work for food

   Jasano replied to Jasano's topic in Retired Nurses

   But not at all for the reasons implied. Men make more only when these other factors are taken into consideration. These articles are misleading in a number of ways. 1. They point to nursing as a high...

2. Male Nurse will work for food

   Jasano replied to Jasano's topic in Retired Nurses

   Here are a couple of articles from US sources telling men what lucrative profession nursing is and that male nurses will make more money than their female counterparts - ya right, discrimination...

3. Male Nurse will work for food

   Jasano replied to Jasano's topic in Retired Nurses

   Well, I'm not a new grad, I have over a decade of experience working the nursing field, but I have to say, I would not recommend men getting into this field - not at all. What irks me about all this...

4. Male Nurse will work for food

   Jasano posted a topic in Retired Nurses

   This is an ad I ran in Kijijii. I have been an unemployed nurse here in the province of Ontario now for going on 6 months. Prior to that I was employed at two seperate part-time, temporary jobs. I...

5. When do you give up?

   Jasano replied to bravera's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I would tell anyone thinking of getting into nursing, to pursue something else. I've been a nurse for over a decade and after 9 months of searching, all I was able to come up with was a part-time...

6. Male Registered Nurse will work for food

   Jasano replied to Jasano's topic in Retired Nurses

   I likely won't get any response, but you're right, at this point, I've exhausted all other options - maybe I should try

7. Male Registered Nurse will work for food

   Jasano replied to Jasano's topic in Retired Nurses

   I have applied to every area of nursing, from homecare, to retirement homes, to nursing homes, to telehealth, to mental health, to hospitals - acute and chronic. I have been extremely flexible - it is...

8. Male Registered Nurse will work for food

   Jasano replied to Jasano's topic in Retired Nurses

   Just as an update: Well, it is now February, 2013 and I have been unable to find work in my profession. I am now working outside of nursing, in a pharmacy related job, for casual-part-time hours. I...

9. Changing Careers to Nursing as 35 year old man

   Jasano replied to DB7721's topic in Men in Nursing

   I'm a male nurse who's actively been seeking employment for several months in my home province of Ontario, Canada. It's been extremely difficult and discouraging. I would not recommend the nursing...

10. Male Registered Nurse will work for food

    Jasano posted a topic in Retired Nurses

    I'm thinking of running this as an ad in my local newspaper as I've been out of work for 2 months with only one phone call in all of that time. I have approximately 10-15 years of experience in...

11. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Jasano replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, I disagree with you completely. There is no justification for discrimination against men or against women. You seem to be quite willing to overlook some rather blatant discrimination against...

12. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Jasano replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    These are actually falsehoods that you're spouting. Dollar for dollar, women and men make the SAME amount of money. Hour for Hour women CHOOSE to work more part-time and therefore lose out on some of...

13. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Jasano replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    IMHO you're one hundred percent right - we have become a gender fixated society, and we owe much of our plight, from broken families, to broken marriages, and yes even gender-fixation in areas like...

14. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Jasano replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ha! An excellent post! I too suffered discrimination while undergoing my nursing training and can empathize with you - I rarely suffer such discrimination from members of the public or from my female...

15. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Jasano replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    This is NOT a problem with male nurses most likely, but rather a problem with public perception of males in nursing. I doubt very much that it is the case that your male colleagues are 'trying' to...