It's about time for a new thread to breathe life into this tired forum.....
Here we go!
You know you're a male RN when:
- You constantly complain to coworkers that your scrubs are too short, (since when is 33 long a "tall"?) and you have no boobs to fill your unisex scrub top.
- You get offended glances as you eat your cheeseburger and fries at lunch from your coworkers who are on the "lean cuisine" diet...
-People assume you, having a pair, possess the superhuman strength to lift the 350lb lady in someone else's room, regardless of the fact that several of your female coworkers look tough enough to whup yer @$$...
-Your credentials should read: RN-NWP (registered nurse, nurse with prostate)
-Your PMS detection skills are at an all-time high along with your avoidance maneuver techniques...
-You feel like you're either married to, or being a daddy to everyone else in your unit....
You have resigned yourself that the only reading material that is going to be available for you when you have to go to the bathroom is 'Cosmo' or 'Glamour'
You have been working too long as the only male nurse when you actually read the article about 'finding your man's hidden G-spot'
I stopped conversation at the desk one night. When the fe-nurses were talking about boxer vs. brief. I walked past and said," My thong keeps riding up" and just kept walking.
When it's you and one other male on the night shift, and you know that whenever the two of you work it is going to be a "sports" convo night....without him, the conversation turns to pregnancy and sex....
You have the ability to stop a conversation about shoe size, when the female nurse goes "Well, if you divide shoe size by 2, that should be inches..." and you stop, think, and deadpan go..."yeah, that's about right."
You have to grab two pairs of sterile gloves for procedures, because those little purple ones might cover your index fingers....
You have the ability to stop the rude patients from giving your girls a hard time...just by going in and saying "what seems to be the problem here? no problem? good, I'd hate to have to call security..."
..... when you show up to work, and notice you've been assigned charge or the most critical patient on the unit.... and your coworkers reassure you with "Oh you're a guy... you like that kind of stuff."
I just about busted a gut reading that line about buying scrubs and having the lady at the check out stand patronize you. I'm guilty of that. And no scrubs fit right. There is no way to make unisex scrubs and have them fit both genders. It just doesn't make sense.
How bout....you know you're a male RN when the patient nobody wants to take care of because he is vulgar, crude and degrading treats you with plenty of respect.
Or, the doctor that cusses all the women out when they call at 3 am is plenty happy to hear your suggestions when you call.
There are many advantages to being a guy.
...Oh now preach it my brother! ats some good stuff ri tair!(translation: that's some good stuff right there!):chuckle
I've read most of the replies on this thread and I think that I have a few no one mentioned yet.
You know your a male nurse when... you tell someone your a nurse and they reply with some stupid Gaylord Focker joke.
You know your a male nurse when... you tell someone your a nurse and they tell you that its "just great that people like you can be nurses now" like you are mentally challenged just because you a nurse who happens to have a prostate.
You know your a male nurse when... another nurse asks if you could come "take a look" at their patient only to find out that the patient needs to be moved and it will require nothing short of a forklift to do so.
I know there are a ton more but I'm blanking at the moment.
Just so the rest of you guys know...girls don't always sit down on the seat to pee and they miss sometimes too. Something to think about next time you're cleaning that "water" off the seat. Urine comes out of us like a garden hose, women have a fire hydrant between their legs. Next time you get blamed just let them know you're aware of this fact and you'll never get blamed again.
I used to work as a stock boy at a local department store before I became a nurse and cleaning the bathrooms was part of my job. The womens bathroom...every night a group of teenagers must have celebrated halloween in there.
I like the comment about having to think about how what you're about to say might be interpreted before you say it.
I'm always getting asked, "Why are you so quiet all the time?"
Ever notice how some Pt's behave better for you than the female nurses? I spent about 1.5 hours yesterday "babysitting" 2 Pt's that the female nurse couldn't handle - then I was asked why I hadn't finished my reports on time. I tried to get her to write my reports because as a girl she has better handwriting than me - only seems to work one way sometimes.
I've read most of the replies on this thread and I think that I have a few no one mentioned yet.
You know your a male nurse when... you tell someone your a nurse and they reply with some stupid Gaylord Focker joke.
You know your a male nurse when... you tell someone your a nurse and they tell you that its "just great that people like you can be nurses now" like you are mentally challenged just because you a nurse who happens to have a prostate.
You know your a male nurse when... another nurse asks if you could come "take a look" at their patient only to find out that the patient needs to be moved and it will require nothing short of a forklift to do so.
I know there are a ton more but I'm blanking at the moment.
Yea, you're pretty on point when you talk about being a nurse with other non-nurses. I've prolly heard a million Meet the Parents jokes while I took my pre-requisite courses.
And about that comment about you people can be nurses now, people assumed I was gay cuz I was in the nursing profession... but seriously, who's laughing when they see me driving my lexus to work .
Derek1975
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A-frickin'-men! I work in a nursing home with primarily female CNAs and nurses and I can never find a pair of larges when I need it.