Rather work with men or women?

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Prior to becoming a nurse i was a fireman paramedic. I went from working with all men to working with all women. Wow what a difference!!!

Just curious if you could chose would you rather work with all men or all women?

To be perfectly honest as a young female I feel like I have an advantage around males that I do not have around females. Most men when they see a younger, relatively attractive female they will be super nice right off the bat. So it is an advantage that you don't have around the same sex.

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My husband has to listen to alot from me about all the catiness that goes on at my job.He swears a bunch of women in their little clicks is not a good thing.He works with all men:uhoh3:,they say what they have to and go on,back to work,no big deal.Us women I will admitt can let in linger and linger,until we get into something else.At my job if it hasnt affected you or your name in at least 2 weeks,watch out!

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Specializes in MIDWIFERY.
To be perfectly honest as a young female I feel like I have an advantage around males that I do not have around females. Most men when they see a younger, relatively attractive female they will be super nice right off the bat. So it is an advantage that you don't have around the same sex.

I really think the focus here should be patient care and not to attract the opposite sex.

There should be a time and a place for attraction. Respect for ones-self and the patient as well as our co-workers are crucial.

Lets be serious here.

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Specializes in MIDWIFERY.

If most men when they see young attractive female they will be nice,what will happen when the female is an elderly and or attractive? Will they be nice too?

Will they be attractive to young female patients?

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Specializes in MIDWIFERY.

I have seen and heard of instancing where male and female co-workers became intimate and often times disregard/disrespect their fellow collegues and the patients while on duty .When the relationship go soar then the patients in their care suffer as well indirectly.

These behaviour is very easy to depict in our system here as our hospital is about 190 beds and everyone know each other.

We have les than 10 foreign nurses from the phillipine and guyana.We know all the nurses name and where they work,very small place.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
to be perfectly honest as a young female i feel like i have an advantage around males that i do not have around females. most men when they see a younger, relatively attractive female they will be super nice right off the bat. so it is an advantage that you don't have around the same sex.

we're not talking about finding you dates. we're talking about work, here. i truly hope you understand the difference.

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. . . . . . the fact that the percentage of women is vastly higher than men in nursing, negates the "more women than men are catty, gossipy, and attitudy" . . . .

steph

precisely.

and thank you.

leslie

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Specializes in Cardiology.

Men ... women ... who cares? It's all about professional competence.

I work with a one particular male tech (not an RN) who sets his own hours, makes his own rules, and heaven help anyone who challenges him. He belongs to a very conservative religious sect, does not "allow" his wife to work, proudly disciplines his kids with intimidation and violence, and does *not* take delegation from female RN's.

Recently, I had a patient going bad before my eyes, and had to resort to rudeness to get him off a personal phone call and get his help with the situation. He was very hostile afterwards, and made it clear that I am only to speak with him with the utmost deference and courtesy.

Well, sorry, pretty boy -- when I have a patient crashing, I can and will do whatever is necessary to get your attention. It has nothing to do with courtesy. I am a fierce advocate for my patients' safety and I really don't give a flying pattootie if your poor little feelings get hurt.

I honestly don't care about the gender of my co-workers. I only care that we function as a team to maintain the patient's well-being.

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we're not talking about finding you dates. we're talking about work, here. i truly hope you understand the difference.

who's talking about finding dates? 99.9% of people i work with are female (nicu). i'm saying that in general i do not receive bad treatment from males but from my experiance i have come across some really moody females. i feel like in general (from what i've seen) females can get a lot meaner to other females in comparision to how two acquaintances of the opposite sex would treat each other.

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Specializes in M/S, dialysis, home health, SNF.

In a perfect world, everyone would treat everyone else with equal respect regardless of gender.

It isn't always a plus to be treated differently by the opposite sex. But it is always a plus to be treated with respect.

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In my opinion as long as you have a safe person with you being the nurse that nurses were taught to be then i am all groovy. However i work night shift and last night i was the only female. there were two men and me. and it was the first time that i have be on the floor with all men. it was really nice because i had their strength in certain situations like pulling someone up in bed and ect.

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Specializes in Geriatrics and emergency medicine.

With out a doubt,,,,,MEN,,,,,,,and it does nt hurt if there is a bit of eye candy involved either.

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