Why do men leave the floor and go to management?

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Why do men leave the floor and go to management?

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Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).

Money. Plus, telling people what to do at least looks easier than doing it yourself.

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Pfffffft. Management schmanagement.

I spent 15 years in the corporate world and am going into nursing to get the heck OUT of that environment. I want to be a provider of care, not a provider of spreadsheets and bottom lines.

I have no plans for trading in my pajamas for a suit or business casual ever again.

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Specializes in midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice.

over here, it used to be said that you were promoted above the level of your competence.....

and (very tongue in cheek) we used to say men went into management to avoid having to do any work............:D

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you could add on to the question at hand with "or leave the profession all together".

to get away from the descrimination, minor or major, that does occationally occur. To not be given the more violent or abusive/heavy patients, to not be looked as as less of a man, homosexual, weak or not worthy of higher degrees, to not be ashamed of feeling confident or overly confident in our jobs in fear of retaliation, to be accused or pointed at, a little more than generally warrented, when a mistake is made in "their" profession.

Could there be more reasons? I'll think about it

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Most of our managers around here are female. In fact only one manager of this three hundred bed facility is male.

To answer your question, men seem to be more career minded and might be more willing to work the long hard hours that a manager puts in. "Leadership" tends to be a discription more associated with men. Men like power and control, and money.

Lots of different reasons.

One of the bosses here begged me to take a management position and I said no. Dealing with snarly employees that whine and complain, lazy people, being on call 24/7 and being expected to work any shift any time......no thanks. LOL

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Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).
Money. Plus, telling people what to do at least looks easier than doing it yourself.

I'm replying to myself because it looks like I may have been somewhat prophetic. I've started doing occassional charge (usually every other weekend) since my previous post, which is at least a little like management. Well, not so much money-wise: buck an hour differential when in charge, woo-hoo! But it turns out that about 90% of the time, bossing people around really is easier than doing patient care. It's that other 10% that'll kill ya. That, and I've confirmed my suspicion that I wouldn't like getting away from direct patient care completely. Time spent with patients is what makes all the other stuff worthwhile. But I do dread the times I'm in charge and have a patient assignment--not our norm, but it happens--because I'm not so great at either that combining the two is going to go well.

I do get to interact with patients while in charge, but that's often because something not-so-good has occurred, or because someone couldn't get an IV. That's often not a bad thing. Last night, for example, I got to interact with a patient and get some issues at least temporarily resolved. Disgruntled patient now a happy patient, and groundwork begun for a more complete solution. And I got a hint of why it might be nice to have the authority to reach a more complete solution, instead of passing it up the chain of command.

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Why do men leave the floor and go to management?

for the same reasons women do, but men seem to do it at a higher rate.

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