What are your views on male nurses

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So I'm only recently new to nursing, but as a male nurse I do get asked quite a bit why I went into nursing.

Specializes in BSN, RN-BC, NREMT, EMT-P, TCRN.
Really? Read what you just posted again.

Just saying.

****** how? Or are you Talkin about my bizarre sex comment previously?

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****** how? Or are you Talkin about my bizarre sex comment previously?

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No. I don't think I know who you are.

So, no previous comment except the one to which I referred.

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Sounds like someone needs a hug :D

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I think male nurses can be just as capable, caring, knowlegable, and professional as female nurses. No issues here. ;)

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I personally don't understand why this is still a thing. I generally reply with a "I love helping people and science and figured this would be a perfect profession for me".

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Specializes in Critical Care, ER, Cath lab.

Lol, my answer to this is always: "Because being a firefighter didn't pay the bills."

In all seriousness, I worked in fire/EMS for years before I realized that career progression was based more on who you drink with rather than expertise and education. I got pigeonholed in a position that I was bound to be stuck in for the rest of my career had I not gotten my RN. In addition, I wanted to do more than what was printed out in a small binder called the "protocol book". Nursing has offered me more mobility, freedom, career progression, and educational opportunities than fire/EMS could ever hope to.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ER, Cath lab.
Male nurse here, since 2008. I don't feel comfortable in the workplace dominated by women. Always felt like an outsider, always felt awkward, never really felt accepted. There is a reason why it's a female-domination profession. Florence Nightingale said absolutely no men in the profession and I think she was right and I think ultimately reality proved her right 150 years later.

I've met quite a few men in the profession but the ones dedicated to bedside work are relatively few. A majority steer clear of bedside nursing as soon as they can, either getting into management or something involving technology like inserting PICC lines full time or running dialysis machines. Funny how quickly they got into paperwork or anything that involves not performing intimate tasks with the sick.

If one enters the profession with the goal of getting job security or making x amount of money then yeah, you can continue milking the milk cow indefinitely but you won't be happy. If you feel awkward at work like you don't belong then you probably don't belong, then it's not a career, it's just a job.

Do I have regrets about getting into nursing? Absolutely not. Life is about change. My personality is not constant but it changes because our views, goals, desires change. Back in 2004 I wanted to try nursing, in 2016 I want to try something completely different. It's normal. It's life.

paperwork...management...:barf02:

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