Why more men are needed

[DrkCocoMurse215]

Why do you think more men are needed in nursing? And if you don't think so why?

I think one, it balances the work place a little, no offense but a lot of women can be catty while the guys tend to be more laid back. Also I think if more men enter the field a different perspective on nursing may develop to where society, which can be ignorant about what it really takes to be a nurse, won't think of it as a feminine profession and might give it a little more respect. Just my opinion... What's yours?

[exit96]

More men are needed because we have a lot of lazy fat and too fat patients who still can but do not want to get up and walk to restroom. By other words, muscles are needed to move those patients

Not! Women can do this as well. I am a father of 3...when was it that my back was more acceptable to ruin than my female coworkers. No one gets lifted in an ergonomic fashion...women can do their own work too.

[exit96]

I work on a women's health and postpartum floor, no male nurses (I guess no one is interested?) and we're getting along fine. Not that we wouldn't welcome a guy, I mean we have male docs, but I don't feel the need or a lack or anything. It probably makes for less drama, really.

Maybe no one has to be lifted, or there are no,dangerous patients to throw the male nurses in front of :-0

[Concerto_in_C, BSN, RN]

Good dedicated, caring nurses are needed, period, without differentiating between males and females.

I like working with the guys in the unit though, I won't deny it. They're business-like, serious about work, don't get involved in unit wars, and if they have opinions about their coworkers generally they keep it to themselves and don't share, which is appreciated.

[blackvans1234]

Patients are getting fatter!

(kidding, well sortof)

[Guttercat, ASN, RN]

Also I think if more men enter the field a different perspective on nursing may develop to where society, which can be ignorant about what it really takes to be a nurse, won't think of it as a feminine profession and might give it a little more respect. Just my opinion... What's yours?

My opinion is that any profession thought to be a "feminine profession," and therefore worth less societal respect is the root of the problem.

The fact that anyone suggests 'the more men in the nursing profession, the more societal respect it will receive' is also egregious thinking. It perpetuates the problem at large.