Those that prefer to work with men

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So my Clinical instructor said something interesting today. She said she Hates Hates HATES!!! working with women in Nursing and she wishes that Nursing was a male dominated field so that she could stand it....

Dont know what to make of this...any thoughts or experiences?

I prefer working with men because they get the job done in a efficient manner.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.
Just wait until you have a male boss who is doing the nasty with one of your female coworkers, and she ends up getting waited on hand and foot--with a smaller workload--while most of the work is dumped on you.

When they think with their d**cks, they are worse than any woman you could possibly describe.

I did tech support for 3 years. It was one of the cattiest places I ever worked. I was one of 2 women in a 7-person department, and my female co-worker slept with 3 of the male techs. It's hard to hold down the fort when your co-workers keep disappearing.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.
I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but here it goes:

I have to really wonder about women (or men)who make statements like this. It really makes me think that they must have serious issues with their own self image to degrade their own gender.

I enjoy working with individuals. Don't really base it on whether their plumbing is internal or external!

Nope.

Men speak straight. No hints, no "I thought you were psychic." No sulking.

Yuck for the women who do this (I know several and have bluntly told them they are immature and self-centered...)

So. No...love who I am...don't like working with women with issues (there are many of them too.....)

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Getting along with your co-workers is an important skill that requires *constant* effort. There will always be difficult people in your work environment, whether it is male- or female-dominated.

How about we all work on respecting our coworkers and being willing members of a team? It's working out pretty well for me - even though I *gasp* work in a department that's 100% women.

Wait, was that too passive-aggressive? ;)

One of the few times. Women are generally overly sensitive and pick offense at every little thing...plus they have long memories.

Oh I'm a woman too..Ditto:)

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Specializes in Gyn/STD clinic tech.

some women do not treat each well at all. my mother was always helpful, patient, kind, no-nonsense, and a 'get the job done' type. if she wanted to hear your life story, she'd invite you out for a beer later, but at work she worked. she was never rude, but it's a hospital, not a pub.

i have, essentially, the same mentality. at work i talk about work.

i always wondered what happened to the whole women advocating for each other ideal, where we lift each other up, share our tricks, and genuinely want to see each succeed? men are always helpful, ready to teach, and super duper patient. men seem understand the importance of lifting someone up, and they will, both figuratively and literally!

i

we should all

geez, i have been up too long...night shift anyone?

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I hope I don't cause anything by stating this but I find men esp "homosexual male nurses" to be just as bad as women,if not worse. I had one as a fellow student who did nothing but bash my weight and he did it openly in front of others. I may add he was 50 years old and the feminine type. Wheni worked in nursing home there was a rude male co worker who was the same way.

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I hope I don't cause anything by stating this but I find men esp "homosexual male nurses" to be just as bad as women,if not worse. I had one as a fellow student who did nothing but bash my weight and he did it openly in front of others. I may add he was 50 years old and the feminine type. Wheni worked in nursing home there was a rude male co worker who was the same way.

Two out of a great plenty good ones doesn't make that the norm- there are bad eggs in every basket.

I'm jus' saying.

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I have to agree with the balanced philosophy. I have been the only woman in a couple of jobs, and that sucked. All the guys tried to bully and intimidate me and would get mad if I didn't agree with them, usually about something petty.

I have also been in jobs where there were no men, and that sucked worse. Then, I never knew what was going on. One day everyone would be nice to me and the next day I would get told off at least two or three times over nothing. Come to find out, one woman was mad at me for something stupid (like not noticing her new shoes) and she passed it on to two or three of her best friends and had them mad at me.

When it's a balanced workplace, I've noticed that there isn't as much drama and people tend to get along better.

Hilarious stuff but sadly, I believe you:(

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Two out of a great plenty good ones doesn't make that the norm- there are bad eggs in every basket.

I'm jus' saying.

On the same note,we can't bash a whole gender of nurses(women) because of a few bad apples. I guess I'm the only one who feels comfortable working with a bunch of women. I'm not comfortable working with men at all. I just hated it when this one male nurse got hired every female nurse got excited and welcolmed him with open arms and friendly smiles,as if he were some sort of oddity. I wished my coworkers would have done the same for me

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On the same note,we can't bash a whole gender of nurses(women) because of a few bad apples. I guess I'm the only one who feels comfortable working with a bunch of women. I'm not comfortable working with men at all. I just hated it when this one male nurse got hired every female nurse got excited and welcolmed him with open arms and friendly smiles,as if he were some sort of oddity. I wished my coworkers would have done the same for me

See even your female co-workers reason with me...:D

On a different note, are you okay though?I'm concerned. Maybe it's just me, but the way you used your words sort of invoked that spirit of concern in me.

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See even your female co-workers reason with me...:D

On a different note, are you okay though?I'm concerned. Maybe it's just me, but the way you used your words sort of invoked that spirit of concern in me.

Yes I'm okay. I just don't get why women bash women but I rarely see men bash men. I'm a feminist,so yeah I'm a little taken aback. What I'm saying though is why did. they welcome a male co worker more readily than a female. You know,on male dominated jobs the men stick together and will try to oust the lone female worker. Just read about a lawsuit involving firefighters in the newspaper.

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Specializes in ER/Geriatrics.

truthfully I find most men in the nursing field are lazy....not all...but most....I do prefer how they interact in relationships for the most part but they don't kill themsleves....in my experience

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