myeire

I hope no one minds that I am posting on this thread. I will state first that I am NOT a nurse or a student nurse. I just thought that the OP might be interested in hearing from a "civilian" who hopefully one day will be a patient in a L&D dept. If a male nurse walked into my room I would not be surprised or upset. I would be fine with him as my nurse, until it came time for him to have to check me in areas that I consider to be very personal and private. For me, my breasts and pelvic area are two places that only my husband should see and touch. Just as his groin and chest area are the only place that I should see and touch...it's not for anybody else. Does this mean I prefer a female doc or nurse pooking and prodding in those areas? No, but it's a little more comfortable with females then a male. Like I said, for me those areas are very personal and private and I'm not comfortable with people except for my husband touching me there. I truly believe that a male nurse can be just as good as a female nurse. As long as the person is a caring person and truly cares about helping people getting better and making sure they are comfortable then that's all that matters. For your male nurse coming in, I see no reason that he can not be a wonderful addition to your team. I think it's important the he knows and understands that there are just some women who might not be comfortable with him examing certain parts of their bodies. Now, maybe me as a patient would be causing a lot more problems by not minding having a male nurse take care of me, up until a pelvic exam is requiered and then wanting a female nurse do that. But, I'm afraid that's what I would prefer. I guess some people, men and women, are just far more private then others. I know there are a lot of women who have a roomful of people while they give birth, mothers, mother-in-laws, sisters, friends etc. But I know for me the only ones I want in the room with me are my husband and only the neccesary medical professionals, women being prefered and requested. Yes, I know that no one is "looking" at that area while you are giving birth, but to me the whole process is personal and not something for a crowd. Once the baby is born and I'm no longer "exposed" then everyone is more then welcome to come and see the new little bundle of joy. If by preferring a female staff when it comes to any pelvic exams or the actual birth itself makes me discriminatory, then I do apologize because it's not my intention to make someone feel less of a person based on their gender. But, if by having a male nurse in the room during specifics exams or a male doc performing the exam, makes me so stressed out to the point that I become withdrawn and possibly in tears, then it's not worth it to me to put myself through that kind of stress. It's stressful enough having to have a female do certain exams that it takes a lot for me to be able to go and have it done. Just my opinion. I hope this helps the OP in understanding how some patients might feel about having a male nurse in the L&D dept.

For many many years I have been in love with Eylysh (Eye-lish) for a girls name. Not sure if that is how it is supposed to be spelled, I heard it and never saw the spelling of it. If I ever have a little girl that's what I want her first name to be. For boys name I find many that I like, but haven't found one I am in love with...yet. Some of the ones I like are Cherokee, Sawyer, Tucker, Josiah and Traven are just some. My best friend since the 4th grade had a little girl and gave her the name Khelsee Dawn. 8yrs ago when she was pregnant with her first child she told me that if it was a girl she would give her my name (Dawn), but she ended up having 2 boys. Then last year when she had her daughter, even after all these years, she kept her word and gave her my name. I thought that was the nicest thing ever, it's so cool I think!

:doh: Hi! I'm not a nursing student...yet, but hope to be one soon. I was curious about something after reading the post by Corvette Guy. He said: I am assuming you are talking about being sent over to Iraq? What about the Navy? Do medical personel spend time in Iraq assigned to a ship or are there Navy medical facilities that you can be assigned to on land? Hope it's not too dumb of a question. :doh: Thanks! MyEire

If you go through a ROTC program for the Navy while attending University, do you still go through the OIS after you graduate from University or is the ROTC basically OIS? If you go the ROTC route and graduate are you automatically commisioned as an Ensign in the Navy or is there more training you need to do first? Thanks! MyEire

I'm 31yrs old and I want to go back to school to become a nurse. I have been looking into various options and the Navy is one of them and I have some questions. I have submitted a form on navy.com for a recruiter to contact me, but figure that will not be until next week some time and thought I would ask on this forum for now. I have been looking into 2yr RN Associate degree programs. If I have a 2yr RN can I still join the Navy and work as a nurse? One train of thought for the 2yr program is that would allow me to get into the work force sooner and there are lots of options (programs to pay for bachelor degree) available to 2yr RN's to complete their 4yr degree. Doing some snooping on the 'net I ran across the Navy Nurse Corps and want to get more info on this. Is this a program that will help a person obtain a 4yr degree in nursing? Or do you already have to have your 4yr RN to join this program? I've done some reading on the NROTC programs and found a University that I would like to attend that even has it. But everything I read sounds like you will only be joining the Reserves? Is that correct or am I reading it wrong? I would really be interested in going active duty if possible. I guess the big question I should have asked first concerns age limits. As stated I am 31yrs old and will be 36/37 by the time I graduate with a bachelor's degree. Does my age automatically disqualify me from being able to join the Navy as a Navy nurse? Thank you in advance to all who reply. MyEire