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Oh my. Perhaps you are wearing those shoes. Consider it flushed.

I sincerely don't see the female cath delegation a pawning off of work. I don't get angry when asked to lift assist large patients. I'm sorry you worked with a "lazy" male CNA. I am not lazy. I am a bang-up hardworking male RN, and I get shutdown on female catheterization ALL THE TIME by the patients themselves. I'm dumbfounded by your generalizations. You may have gotten a bad vibe by the OP, but now you're judging ME as well based on a CNA you used to work with? Really? I hope you can process the difference and dialogue with me to flush out your biases.

When the population eventually accepts male nurses, which I feel will be soon, this won't be as much of an issue. I promise you men don't get into this line of work to offend their coworkers. God as my witness at least 30% of females won't even let me place a bedpan, let alone a Foley. You may not see this but I swear it's truth. We're professionals, but don't pretend patients look at us the same way they do male doctors. We're not OBGYN's. It IS different. But not because of US. It's a persons preference, and we're respecting it. I hope the OP follows up. I'm glad this is in discussion.

I'm sorry but I think he is. I haven't once considered my gender an impediment to providing the best care I can. I'm absolutely flawed- there are better nurses than myself in every hospital. But I am telling you straight from the heart that being a man presents obstacles you probably haven't considered. There is nothing I won't do for my patients because of my sex, but I get shut out of very simple things EVERY SINGLE DAY because of my gender. I don't cath women as often as men because in my experience the preference is for a woman to cath a woman- that is from my patients. It has literally nothing to do with me- I'll be honest and say that my skills with women have suffered due to patient preference. I get that a doctor's gender might be moot now, but I'm telling you that mine is not.

Wow. This guy is NOT saying he doesn't want to do his job. He is saying he RESPECTS a females preference, where it exists, to be treated intimately by another female. I'm so disappointed in these responses. As a male nurse, I can tell you walking into a room with a minor admitted for lady partsl bleeding and a half-dozen family members staring daggers is awfully insightful. I will do ANYTHING to care for my patients. And I do. But you need to recognize that a lot of people don't want me to. Because of my gender. It has nothing to do with my comfort- it is entirely to do with theirs.

You need to pull it together and realize that you have a chance right now to do something great. There's nothing else.

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Ortho units deal with (in addition to med-surg pt's at most hospitals) pre and post-op pt's with either elective or traumatic bone injury. We have all of the same comorbidities any other unit has. It's med-surg + all of the broken bones- on purpose or not. It's a good place to see care from a set start to a set end, with all of the possible distractions any other unit remedies. If this is the job offer you get, don't feel like you won't get a well rounded experience. I transitioned from med-surg to "ortho" and still get the same Pt's, with the addition of any ortho admits. Good luck.

If we have gotten to the point where your experience and enthusiasm is undervalued then the younger nurses already employed need to consider the future they are creating for themselves. All my thoughts to you.

Hey there, good question. My recommendation is to go straight to RN if that's what you want as an end goal, especially with CNA experience. Decide on the degree path based on what is most expeditious for you, given your own unique circumstances. I don't know Atlanta, but a big city should provide good options. Good luck!

Number one, your preceptor should never yell at you, period. Number two, doing so in a patient's room is even more unacceptable. As a new hire, you're going to be somewhat timid, and that's understood. Everyone is. But the bottom line is that that patient will now have lost confidence in the team managing his or her care. Personally, I would have bit my tongue and addressed the issue outside of the patient's room. If it was a first occurrence, and we had a good conversation about it, I'd move on. But any recurrence would warrant going up the chain to deal with the preceptors inappropriate behavior. Really, I think the manager wanted to see if you would try to handle it at the lowest level, or bring it up top immediately. The question alone makes me wonder the interviewers genuine motivation for the question at all. Just my thoughts.

Gotta bust out the manual. When in doubt...

My perspective: If a patient has had a bad experience before, it was probably with a female nurse. I feel this tenders me a quick advantage when I first enter a room. Catch them off-guard and work your magic, guy. Merits earn their own reward.

It's a judgment call, man. I don't exactly dig certain procedures with females, anyway. I hate the "male nurse" vice "female doctor" paradigm. But it is what it is. If they're not okay, then you ARE professional when you back off. A lack of support from coworkers, however, is nuts and should bother you. It's a dynamic field, I wish you luck.

Here I am.