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Being a nursing student who is male- here is my advice. I am not shy, but one of my classmates is and he is male. He associates with only a few other classmates who are female. He is closer with them than I am with him. He does not get overlooked. I do not think you will also. You are the only male or one of a few- it is hard for them not to notice you. I would also agree with the females earlier. Do not try to force yourself to fit it- be yourself. It will come naturally. I would not gossip either. And yes, girls LOVE to talk. Hope this helps.

If you check out the early traditions, say decades ago- men wore chevrons or stripes on their sleeves of their scrubs to show that they were nurses instead of wearing caps back when females wore them. Maybe you can do that since you are probably not going to wear your whites after you graduate anyway. We are guys in a female dominated profession- you might as well stand out with the identification on your sleeve. That is what I would do. It would look like a military scrub-type of thing. Kind of cool. Hope this helps.

I have yet to meet a male nurse who was gay froma student perspective and as a patient. I do not have gay-meter. We have six alone in my class of 60 people and all are straight. I second a lot of what others are saying. I have not met a male patient yet who would not fell totally comfortable for me taking care of him, but I have had some female patients who felt VERY uncomfortable for me taking care of them. It may have been that I look younger than I actually am- 35.

OK- since women are responding to this I will identify myself as a guy. I feel your pain, my wife thinks I am going to cheat on her even before I decided to become a nurse. The offer to invite her has its ups and downs. Since in your opinion only one or maybe two are even remotely attractive, it may be worth a shot. It's great that she is getting couseling, but maybe you could go with her and talk about this issue together infornt of the couselor? Just a thought. Maybe you can talk with some of your teachers? I am sure you are not the first student that has had this issue if some of your teachers have been teaching for a while like osme of mine have. Good luck.

I really do not think it matters when you start. We guys are treated differently in a good way or bad by just being men. I am not being pessamistic however. I am 35. Most of the guys I have met in the Buffalo area are in their late twenties to thrities in my nursing school. We are diverse. I would not feel bad starting out as early as you are. If this is what you want to be I commend you for finding out so early. I wish I had done that. Good luck in your career.

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