Question for Female Nurses

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This is just something I've been wondering, I'm not in no way trying to offend anyone... Im obvisouly a male, and I'am straight... I just graduated high school, and I'm considering my college options, which do include Respiratory Therapist, RN, Diesel Technology, Welding, and a few more...

Would you(Female Nurses) rather date someone in the Medical Field(Male RN, Resp. Therapy, etc....) or someone in another career field?

Most people will probably think this is a crazy question.... But like I said this is just a question that I've been thinking about, and I'm not trying to offend anyone in anyway...

Specializes in dreams of the future.

"p.s. get it out of your head that if a guy is a nurse he MUST not be straight because that's just being ignorant. if and when you become a nurse if there's a girl that won't date you because of that then you don't wanna be with that chick anyway."

ok, or messenger of death nurses - joking, joking! I like to make fun of stereotypes and be a smart ass at times...:jester:

Also on a lighter note, if you're just making a job choice based on dating and attracting females, the few male nurses I have known sure do get alot of tail. lol :lol_hitti

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Specializes in LTC, Acute Care.
Flight, when Hubs and I were dating and I would hold his hand, he'd get reeeeeeaally nervous when I caressed it because he never knew if I was getting romantic or checking out his veins!

HA! We palpate veins here, too! :D

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Specializes in LTC, Acute Care.

I married an male nurse. We were both LPNs at the time (he has since gotten his RN; I'm working on mine) in a nursing home. How could I NOT fall for the dude who had the "fan club" of little ol' ladies? The people loved him to pieces there and loved to come up to me to tell me all about how great he was even before we were an "item." I guess everyone just knew. Residents said how much they loved us working together because we'd laugh and interact and not be so darned somber like some others, I guess.

I knew the very first time I worked with him that there was something about him that I had to stop and take notice. I thought my senses were all wacky--he happens to be 20 years older than I am. However, he's the most caring and loving person I know and a wonderful father to all our girls. We do talk shop still even though he went back to work as a trucker (did it for years and years before I was born) and I am working at home while our daughters are young. We have been married 5 years this August. We have that very strong common thread in that we both love healthcare and talk about interesting things quite a bit.

Work is a good place to find love, IMO, if people are mature enough to handle a potential breakup with a coworker. The only ones who WEREN'T mature was our DON and administrator who figured this was a silly fling and tried their darnedest to manipulate our situation. We worked side-by-side as charge nurses with neither one supervising the other, so we were very much okay by the employee handbook. To rectify the situation, we just quit. I had our second daughter a few months later anyway. My husband transferred to a different facility and moved up the nursing ladder, so it worked out for us, for a while.

I was previously married to a rent-a-cop before who wanted another mommy. I think more than marrying a nurse, it is important to marry someone who is already broken in, so to speak. My husband can cook, clean, do laundry, work, take care of children (he raised two very fine sons to adulthood already), and be good to his wife.

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There are alot of good opportunities for male nurses and you can bring alot to the profession and be a "change agent". As long as you are a nice guy, treat your women right and aren't a knucklehead, you'll be fine. But... if you're worried about how being a male nurse might look to the ladies, remember there are things like being a nurse anathesia (can't spell this early in the morning), flight nurse, etc. They are more "manly" nursing jobs, but also pay well.. for future family responsibilites.

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Specializes in Neuro.
Flight, when Hubs and I were dating and I would hold his hand, he'd get reeeeeeaally nervous when I caressed it because he never knew if I was getting romantic or checking out his veins!

When my fiance and I started dating, he was in paramedic school and I was taking prereqs for nursing school. One of his pickup lines was "I bet I can find your femoral pulse..." and "I could get you with a 16 riiiiight there!"

I like that we can share work stories and not gross each other out, and watch medical shows on TV without criticism. But really, aside from when we both get home, we don't talk about work much. There is more to each of us than what we do for a living, and THAT stuff is what makes our relationship strong.

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my husband also gets "weirded out" when I start feeling his veins, can be watching t.v and playing w/ his veins and he just doesn't get why I like to feel them. (he lets me though....) however over the years i have gotten him to watch more t.v. shows that have true life event in them. He still won't watch "trauma: Life in the ER". But he's getting better w/ "The First 48". I love to gross him out. :yeah:

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Specializes in oncology, trauma, home health.

I met my Hubby on-line after a horrific divorce from a college professor. I chose his profile because it said he was a nurse, with kids. We have close to everything in common accept that I have hair and he's bald!

Oh yeah, he looks so darn good in his scrubs!

We love to talk about work, but that's about 1% of what we talk about.

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Specializes in long term care Alzheimers Patients.
It doesn't matter at all to me. Of course, my husband would be might annoyed should I start dating.

;)

Hey Sue love it mine also might be annoyed,

Just wondering if thisisthe weekend you go for your CPNE exam or have you already gone

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In my experience (I'm still waiting on George Clooney to wake up to his senses, LOL), I like dating someone interested in the medical field. He doesn't have to be a nurse or doctor, but a guy who at least likes learning about it and can listen to my "horror stories." I was interested in the medical field long before I decided to major in nursing, so for me it's more than just talking about my job...it's also kind of a hobby...like gardening, LOL.

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Like the others stated my husband might be slightly annoyed if I start dating again but if I were single I'd have to say it wouldn't matter to me one way or another if the guy was in the medical field or some other field. Ok I might be upset if he was a Media star :chuckle but other than that I only care about him as a human being, not what he does for a living.

My husband is in no way, shape, or form in the medical field. But he's always attentive when I talk "shop". He might not understand what I am saying, and when that happens he tells me to back it up and explain it to him like I would to a 5 yr old. And I in turn have zero idea on the specifics of his job, but I am always interested and ask questions.

I personally don't care what a guys education is, what job he has, or how much money he makes as long as he is an honest, hard working person, who is good to me and my children and family he's golden.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

It was most important for me that my future DH be kind and love animals. Thats really all, oh and have good credit, lol. I waited a long time but it paid off.

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"p.s. get it out of your head that if a guy is a nurse he MUST not be straight because that's just being ignorant. if and when you become a nurse if there's a girl that won't date you because of that then you don't wanna be with that chick anyway."

ok, or messenger of death nurses - joking, joking! I like to make fun of stereotypes and be a smart ass at times...:jester:

Also on a lighter note, if you're just making a job choice based on dating and attracting females, the few male nurses I have known sure do get alot of tail. lol :lol_hitti

I wasn't trying to infer in anyway that just because your a Male and a Nurse that your not straight... A friend of mine is a Male RN, EMT-P, and is a Filght Medic/RN as well as a Medical Base Supervisor... I wouldn't base a career on attracting females, although that would be nice...:D... But there is alot of stereotyping where I'm from, so I just wanted some opinions.. I live in a very Rural Region of Eastern Ky, where I would estimate around 0-4 Male Nurses per a Hospital at most. Most of the guys here do Surface Coal Mining, or Underground Coal Mining, or something of that nature.

But again I was in no way trying to infer, just because your a Male and a Nurse, that your not straight...

For the record, I was planning on being a Flight Nurse if I go with nursing, but I have to have 5yrs of expirience....

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