Comments on: Men Find Job Stability, Satisfaction in Nursing

By: Natalie Loopbaanadvies

Natalie Loopbaanadvies — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:59:02 +0000

Honestly, this is the first time I heard about some patients being surprised to see male nurses. Though I agree, most of our health care takers are women, I believe that equal opportunity should be given to both gender, not just in this field, but in all other fields. If you would agree with me, there are tasks that nurses have to do which requires physical effort. In these cases, male nurses are the ones on call. Nursing offer good salaries which I believe is one reason why men are being drawn to this career path.

Natalie Loopbaanadvies

By: Natalie Loopbaanadvies

Natalie Loopbaanadvies — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:34:54 +0000

I really admire men who pursue nursing. Not a lot of men would want to work in the hospital as nurses. But some people, not just men, take up Nursing only because they were told to. And only a portion of that would learn to love Nursing.

Cheers,
Natalie Loopbaanadvies

By: vida

vida — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:45:59 +0000

Although gender, race and sexual orientation continue to evoke discrimination in nursing — just as they do in other professions - attitudes are changing. Nursing students today experience greater diversity as males, and other minorities, pursue the nursing profession in growing numbers.

Men are often drawn to nursing for the technical aspects of the job, as well as for the excellent salaries and benefits it affords. However, the profession will experience its growing pains along the way. Still, nursing remains an admirable, respected and richly-rewarding profession for both men and women who seek a medical job in one of the hottest and fastest-growing careers.

By: C.V. Compton Shaw

C.V. Compton Shaw — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:48:34 +0000

While minorities and women receive both preferential treatment and protection from employment and educational discrimination in both traditionally male and female occupations, males, especially caucasian males, have the benefit of neither. Thus, they are EXTREMELY vulnerable to discriminatory acts both overt and covert. Further, nursing is both a feminist and female occupation. This results in further discrimination against men in nursing.
The same makes nursing an inappropriate career for a “gentleman” who has that self respect and character which is an anathema to feminists.
The aforementioned also tends to encourage the “Gaylord Focker” type of male nurse to enter into, remain in, and to be successful in nursing.
What is the “Gaylord Focker” type of male nurse?
A “Gaylord Focker” type of male nurse is effiminate and/or gay, feminist, and trivial and/or inconsequential intellectually and emotionally.
The partial solution to the aforementioned is to give men the same inducements to enter into nursing that women have to enter the traditionally male professions along with the same protections against discrimination in employment and education that women and minorities have.
However, given the fact that women and minorities vote as a block and make up the electoral majority in the USA, this just solution is very unlikely to be promulgated.
I am a male R.N..