Male Nurses

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They should change the title from nurse to something else. Isn't nurse a feminine word (nursery)?

 

[FoBoT]

if it wasn't for the blood , guts and sick people, i would consider it

 

[0roo0roo]

nursing programs are overcrowded now or something
i guess its much harder to offshore your job in medicine

 

[Stifko]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
if it wasn't for the blood , guts and sick people, i would consider it

I couldn't deal w/the blood and guts either. Otherwise I'd be a male nurse for sure. So many hot asian chicks in healthcare!

 

[TipsyMcStagger]

Nurses can make good money, particularly if they don't mind traveling.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Blood and guts I can deal with, its shit and vomit that I couldnt handle.

More power to them, men or women who can deal with all that.

 

[Nik]

My uncle is gay and a male nurse :shocked:

 

[Q]

You guys have no idea all the nasty shit nurses have to do

 

[Patt]

Nurses have to do some terrible things, but in general they're helping people. I have two friends who are male nurses, neither of which is gay, and both are highly flexible in where they can go for work, make lots of money, and work with some sweet young female nurses too

 

[KillerCharlie]

My cousin's gay friend is a male nurse.

However, my sister's boyfriend is a nurse, so I guess they cancel out.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: animalia
I think that if people got over the phobia of being considered gay it would be more popular. How do you think you would like it?.

who the hell thinks male nurses are all gay? i have a friend who is a male nurse, and very not gay. also, i have a friend whose sister is married to a guy who is a nurse. once again, not gay.

i also have seen, because i've followed my friend's career, that male nurses seem to have a *much better* chance of advancement compared to female nurses.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: Quintox
You guys have no idea all the nasty shit nurses have to do

Some of us who have had relatives who were so bad after an accident they couldn't uhm, relieve themselves under their own power know.

I'd never do it. I want to deal with technology problems, not bedpan problems.

I don't think male nurses are gay, and male or female I know that the stuff they have to deal with is intense.

 

[destrekor]

I think the gay stigma of being a male nurse pretty has nearly disappeared compared to say.. 10-15 years ago when it started happening. Much more common... hell, I'd do it.. money would be great. But I'd rather not go through med school, too much math and science.... and I don't really wanna deal with the crap nurses have to put up with. I can deal with blood, death wouldn't be terribly challenging, cutting and surgeries and whatnot.. but the rest of the day in between those things, the less advertised and more common things... I don't want to deal with. Changing diapers, dealing with colostomy patients, treating the violently ill.... no thanks. Not my idea of a fun time.

 

[Rudee]

A male nurse is right up there with male flight attendants in jobs I would be embarrassed to admit I do.

 

[mcveigh]

I work in a hospital. I'm a sleep tech. no way would I be a nurse.
to many sick people, doctors are usually assholes.

BTW lots of people call in sick (me included) you' can't can't work in a hospital when you are a little bit sick. Another job yes but not in a hospital. too many infections spread to sick/ weak people.

 

[Canai]

I hate hospitals. I don't think I'd mind being a male nurse, but just not in a hospital.

 

[secretanchitman]

the nurses i work with (they work in recovery) are pretty damn nice. some nurses in the OR are really bitchy and annoying. it makes me wonder how they somehow became a nurse...

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The $35/hour _starting_ salary? The bump to $41/hour after 6 months? The bump to $44/hour after a year? (My little sister graduates this spring as an RN, these numbers are from one of her offers, another place even offered her a signing bonus.)

I'd like that part of it.

I'd never want the stress though. And I don't like needles.

ZV

Depends on where you're at though. My wife doesn't make nearly that much as an RN at a hospital in western NY. Huge variation in wages from area to area.

Originally posted by: Wreckem
BSN is better because you could eventually work you way to being a Nurse Practitioner where the REAL money is. A BSN also allows one to teach nursing.

You have to have a master's degree to be a nurse practitioner. For teaching, most colleges and universities require a master's degree at the very minimum to teach nursing. You might be able to get a position teaching an LPN program at an adult education center or something. But, most nurse clinical educators have master's degrees.

(I'm just taking dictation for the nurse standing behind me.)

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: Rudee
A male nurse is right up there with male flight attendants in jobs I would be embarrassed to admit I do.

Why?

I'm a male nurse.

Not afraid to admit it, work in the ER at a Level 1 Trauma Center in downtown Detroit. Not one of the other male nurses I work with are gay. And where I work, we deal with more shit, blood, guts, bones, piss, vomit and in general horrible stuff then most people would ever imagine...and I love it.

Not to mention just the month of january I'll pull in about 5,500(pre-tax) dollars and I've been a nurse for barely a year now and that I'm only 22 years old.

 

[purepolly]

Originally posted by: destrekor
I think the gay stigma of being a male nurse pretty has nearly disappeared compared to say.. 10-15 years ago when it started happening. Much more common... hell, I'd do it.. money would be great. But I'd rather not go through med school, too much math and science.... and I don't really wanna deal with the crap nurses have to put up with. I can deal with blood, death wouldn't be terribly challenging, cutting and surgeries and whatnot.. but the rest of the day in between those things, the less advertised and more common things... I don't want to deal with. Changing diapers, dealing with colostomy patients, treating the violently ill.... no thanks. Not my idea of a fun time.

Hehehe... you just have to have a passion for it and enjoy working in chaos. What's so hard about that?