You know you're a male RN when......

[SteveNNP]

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....

Keep 'em coming!

[Dayray, RN]

When you can look at a nakid girl and think " I woner how quickly i can get this assessment over so I can eat lunch"

When you dont bat an eye at being included in that greating of "hi girls".

when a messy bathroom scares the crap out of you becuse you know your goign to take the rap for it.

when you kno way too much about jonny depp or jesica and nick

when you are constantly asked "so do you have kids"

[MrsWampthang, BSN, RN]

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.

Yes, and that is so not fair. Male doctors don't give guys half the crap that they do the female nurses, unless the female nurses look like nurse Kratchet and know that said nurse will tear their private parts off if the doc so much as looks crosseyed at them.

Pam

[styRN]

...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Yes, and that is so not fair. Male doctors don't give guys half the crap that they do the female nurses, unless the female nurses look like nurse Kratchet and know that said nurse will tear their private parts off if the doc so much as looks crosseyed at them.

Pam

Or you're young and pretty. The young, cute and pretty females are the one's who don't get half the crap as the rest of us male and female alike.

[KnarfKS]

...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets screwed on this one.

[june-pearl]

this fits because I don't think it happens too often with female nurses, but with surprising regularity with me:

you enter a patient's room for the first time, stethescope around your neck or otherwise holding some type of device/equipment or a chart, and before you can introduce yourself, they greet you "hello doctor".

Female docs don't get this as much as male nurses.

[Levin]

you enter a patient's room for the first time, stethescope around your neck or otherwise holding some type of device/equipment or a chart, and before you can introduce yourself, they greet you "hello doctor".

I get this non-stop some days when I'm working a nursing home shift.

"Oh I'm not a doctor, Mrs Smith, I'm your nurse for today."

"Yes, Doctor"

Levin

[ZippyGBR, BSN, RN]

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 feel like you're either married to, or being a daddy to everyone else in your unit....

or the sensible big brother who prepares them for the telling off they are about to get from 'mum' ( aka Ward manager / matron)...

[ZippyGBR, BSN, RN]

...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!

LOL (apparently that was too short)

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

You know you're a male nurse if:

- you listen to your co workers moaning about "husbands/boyfriends" descend to "moaning about men in general". You clear your throat and say something like "insert typical male comment here".... or "yes. Please pretend there are no men around and continue your discussions".

- You really enjoy having another male nurse on the floor. Gives you a good chance to really gross out the women folk (boys will be boys, right? )

- You have to put up with patients who think you have a "cushy job" working with "all these women" [Trust me buddy, some days of the week, you DONOT want to be surrounded by women].

- You can swear that all the women on your floor have their periods during the same week of the month :uhoh21:

...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!

I am careful about this one too! Irregardless of if I caused it or or not, I wipe the seat

Nice thread!

[RN BSN 2009]

these are good, keep em coming!

[AirforceRN, RN]

You double as a security guard and a fork lift.

You have ever said "Well, I'm male and I'm a nurse so I guess I am..."