MALE NURSE AND PROUD OF IT
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:28 am
AM A MALE NURSE AND PROUD OF IT!!!!!!!!
Recently a young House officer has developed the habit of making some provocative statements to me to the effect that I am a man in a female dominated profession. He believes that my association with my female colleagues has removed something out of me and added something. This naïve Doctor thinks a male has no business in nursing. He thinks it has a way of making we male nurses become like women, therefore weak. True to his point of view, other
Doctors have certain fields of nursing where they feel male nurses should be in.
This stereo typing of male nurses has been on for quite a long time, we have heard smirking comment toward us as male nurses that tend to question our presence in nursing as if we are some aliens from another planet. As for me, I have consistently and persistently spoken out about my place in nursing. This stereotyping is not only from others outside nursing but sadly enough even from some of our female colleagues who believe we are too overbearing. But
I think that it is one area of our difference that we need to look into with a view to making it a tool for our collective progress.
I am a nurse, male and proud to be in a female dominated profession. If it is disturbing you I make no apologies for it. Am I influenced by my female colleagues? YES!!! Am I worried about it? NO!!! It makes me a more responsive person as I now think with my head and my heart. It makes me a better husband and father, but most especially a better nurse. They think we are a threat to them and I want them to keep thinking like that……… Touch any of our sister and you have us to contend with.
AM A MALE NURSE AND I LOVE IT, SORRY IF IT HURTS YOU. S.DANMORI
Recently a young House officer has developed the habit of making some provocative statements to me to the effect that I am a man in a female dominated profession. He believes that my association with my female colleagues has removed something out of me and added something. This naïve Doctor thinks a male has no business in nursing. He thinks it has a way of making we male nurses become like women, therefore weak. True to his point of view, other
Doctors have certain fields of nursing where they feel male nurses should be in.
This stereo typing of male nurses has been on for quite a long time, we have heard smirking comment toward us as male nurses that tend to question our presence in nursing as if we are some aliens from another planet. As for me, I have consistently and persistently spoken out about my place in nursing. This stereotyping is not only from others outside nursing but sadly enough even from some of our female colleagues who believe we are too overbearing. But
I think that it is one area of our difference that we need to look into with a view to making it a tool for our collective progress.
I am a nurse, male and proud to be in a female dominated profession. If it is disturbing you I make no apologies for it. Am I influenced by my female colleagues? YES!!! Am I worried about it? NO!!! It makes me a more responsive person as I now think with my head and my heart. It makes me a better husband and father, but most especially a better nurse. They think we are a threat to them and I want them to keep thinking like that……… Touch any of our sister and you have us to contend with.
AM A MALE NURSE AND I LOVE IT, SORRY IF IT HURTS YOU. S.DANMORI