Question for the fellas....

justashooter · Dec 1, 2010

I guess my sarcasim was either lost or you ignored it, but the fact that you wrote the paper 20 years ago explains a lot.

yep, wisdom and conservative thinking just aren't worth much to today's youth in nursing.

GM2RN · Dec 1, 2010

yep, wisdom and conservative thinking just aren't worth much to today's youth in nursing.

I'll agree with that, but I don't get the connection to your or my post.

corbinRN · Dec 18, 2010

Your gender, in my experience, does not give you any benefit over female nurses in securing employment. My wife is also an RN and we both had equal problems finding a job. Truly, the ONLY thing that matters in finding a job is who you know.

UserG · Dec 19, 2010

Your gender, in my experience, does not give you any benefit over female nurses in securing employment.

Your gender, in my experience, gives you the edge to get the job over another female candidate. Getting the interview, is what your resume and CV is for. After that, I've seen gender work wonders.

However, we are a science based field, so our individual experiences are not statistically significant. It could just be that I'm awesome in an interview and my chromosomes have nothing to do with it. Or it is just a confirmation bias since I have had a few interviews where I didn't get the job. Either way, use whatever advantages you have to get the job.

RN1980 · Dec 22, 2010

i agree with some of the post above..being a guy rn is sort of like being a actress with big boobs..huge boobs will certainly open some doors for you but your brains and work ethic will keep you there. jobs are very hard to come by, esp. for new rn's..good luck.

justashooter · Dec 22, 2010

whereas big boobs are a dime a dozen, or at most $5K.

RN1980 · Dec 22, 2010

to each their own, but a 5k well spent in my book.

noctanol · Dec 27, 2010

I am asking this directly of the male RNs in this forum (not female sorry)...I am 2 months from getting my BSN and I am doing preceptor hours in an ER. The people in the ER seem to think I can get a job there after graduation easily...there is sooooo much negativity on this message board, but I have to say I feel more confident about getting a job being a guy and having a BSN + preceptor hours in ER. I am wondering if men have a slight (in reality possibly more than slight) advantage in securing employment as an RN in the current market. 6% of RNs are men...this seems like a serious minority.

people (nurses) will keep asking this question till they get the answer they want to hear:eek:. unfortunately, the true answer is NO. NO NO NO NO NO. hiring a person based on gender is discrimination. :uhoh3: this question has been addressed so many times yet people keep posting it. AAANNNOOOOYYYIIIINNNGGGG

UserG · Dec 28, 2010

unfortunately, the true answer is NO. NO NO NO NO NO. hiring a person based on gender is discrimination. this question has been addressed so many times yet people keep posting it. AAANNNOOOOYYYIIIINNNGGGG

Yes, and the difficulty I had in trying to become an OB nurse had nothing to do with my gender...

I was raised in a delivery room (mom is FNP/CNM) and have assisted on hundreds of deliveries and in various cases had to deliver a few of them by myself. I have more experience than many OB nurses with 2-3 years on the job with very few patients having a problem with my gender, yet my OB rotation in nursing school coupled with the interviews after graduation taught me that whether or not it was discrimination, certain staffs work better with certain demographics. I was generally treated like dirt by OB nurses because I have a Y-chromosome.

There certainly are men sporificely represented in obstetrics in nursing. But gender certainly is a liability getting in the door. The point is having an edge in a field gets you the interview and maybe an advantage in securing the position. True for OB. Probably true for ER. I admit it and it is unfortunate.

What IS truly aaannnooooyyyiiiinnnggg is when someone complains about discrimination, but only when it is against a group they belong to.

icuuci · Jan 10, 2011

i don't thinks its an advantage at all. I have dealt with a great deal of anti-male sentiment from nursing management. Sure some units & managers want males but I think it is at least balanced out by those who see us as trespassing on a female profession.

eriksoln, BSN, RN · Jan 17, 2011

I can't say for sure, I've never looked up statistics on it nor have I witnessed any glaring examples of men being hired simply because they are male but:

When I was a travel nurse, after securing a position, I often found out men were being targeted. One job, a lock down TBA unit especially. The others mostly because...........well, the obvious reasons a male would be targeted (because there weren't enough aids and a lot of lifting was involved or there just weren't any ect....).

Made me uncomfortable. My reaction was "What, you think I'm going to spend all day walking around doing everyone's lifting for them? NOT!!!!!"

The unit I just transfered to, to get off night shift, already had a large male population, relatively speaking. A lot of the typical stereotypes have already been abolished.

GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN · Jan 22, 2011

This question will continue to be asked because it's a concern of many men that are considering joining us in the field. Having said that, I recall long time ago the question that was asked of me, by a nursing recruiter at the time " Why a guy like you with all those muscles became an RN?". Since then I have demonstrated to the facility that I meant business, and I continue to perform with a high caliber of nursing standards within my MSN,position.:redbeathe