ymartinez176

Hello everyone! Recently during my clinical rotations, I encountered a patient that told me that he prefers male nurses. Luckily, my preceptor is a male and so this patient allowed me to work with him during the shift as long as my preceptor was there. At one point I stepped into the patient's room to hang a bag of NS without my preceptor, and this patient began saying rude comments about female nurses and had a general bad attitude. Soon after, my preceptor came into the room and immediately my patient's demeanor changed and suddenly he became pleasant. I can understand patients feeling more comfortable receiving cares from people their same gender but to undermine female nurses is something different. Many times, patients will not get a choice and be assigned a female or male nurse despite their preference. Has anyone else experienced situations like this, and if so, how do you deal with it without taking rude comments personally? Gentlemen too, have patients told you that they prefer a female nurse? I would enjoy hearing people's thoughts and experiences regarding this subject. Thanks!