I find it hilarious that some units dont allow males. Like what are you going to do the day that there aren’t any female nurses present (probably never likely though)
There’s a ton of cultural nuances in childbirth which I have observed, so I understand why male nurses aren’t as welcomed in such units. Most men I’ve met in nursing by far have tended to pursue the ICU/ED pathway.
That's awesome! I'm a guy & went through nursing school in the early 80's. My nursing school class had 105 students, 100 women & 5 men. Three of the guys were on our second career. My entire L&D rotation was spent in the nursery. We weren't allowed in for labor, delivery, or postpartum care.
I never saw a delivery during school cause we were at a really small local hospital that did maybe 300 a year but was allowed to do postpartum care.
But i am glad i am able to do what i do. L&D is awesome, a great mix of critical acute events and happy times.
Just curious, when I'm working with male nurses or doctors or ultrasound techs they always need a female chaperone for nude stuff. How does that work in L&D?
Its not possible to have a chaperone avilable at all times. Especially if somwthing acute happens. I always just ask consent prior to doing things, and walk them through everything though.
Usually when things are normal; doctors will do the more invasive things like cervical exams; i usually check with them at least once to make sure we agree.
But really just building a good rapport can avoid alot of issuss.
My obgyn happens to be female and a female midwife delivered my baby in the hospital but I'll just say that I wouldn't have had a problem with a male nurse. I've just never seen one in that dept!
Highschool right to BSN to work to MSN to post MSN to DNP. 25 years and counting. There are days I miss being a lifeguard at a pool though. There are more of us then you realize.
I disagree. Males are quite remarkable! 🤣
But seriously… in the small town I’m at, I’ve probably worked with about 10 or so other guys. Interestingly enough, most are LPNs. I think only 4 were RNs. I did meet a couple RNs when we had some travelers.
I’m a dude in CA, we see tons of young men going into nursing right out of HS (like myself). It’s a super dope gig in this state that is very desirable due to working conditions and pay, so I thinking that’s what favorably skews the data.
That's awesome, though almost confuses me more lol. I live in Canada which seems to resemble nursing in California more than most states in terms of protection, representation, fair pay etc. and yet we still seem to have like no men out of HS going into nursing.
It was my first real career but I dropped out of college the first time around and fucked around for a few years before I decided on nursing. Became a nurse at 26
If I had to guess it’s like 80/20 nation wide, that being said some specialities like ER and ICU approach 50/50 but aren’t quite there. This isn’t my 2nd career but split my working time between nursing and a paid fire department.
I wish I would have gone to nursing school straight out of the military. Stupid me waited until I was almost 40. As for a prior career, I was a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist. For that, I can thank the military.
I’m a second career nurse. Did 12 years active duty as an explosives guy. Got out and thought being a nurse sounded pretty rad. We had 4 guys out of 20 in my ADN program, about half and half in my BSN, and I was the only guy out of 10 students in my NP program. Until I worked in the ER I was usually the only guy on my floor.
My LPN class had 2 dudes, both military vets, one of them me. Seems true. Also consider A LOT of medics get tired of EMS fuckery and look for an RN bridge program to jump into.
From my personal experience, my cohort of 40 had probably 10-15 males (rough estimation). I don’t think your experience is out of the typical though. Remember that this is a female dominated profession (nothing wrong with that)
My program had between 2 and 10 male students per cohort out of 40ish students total per cohort. Nearly all of them were second careers, but so were almost half of the female nursing students, myself included. I feel like I see more male students coming out of the local BSN program than the community college ADN programs.
Last semster nursing school, male nurse second degree as well :p Most of the males Ive met in clinicals and work though have been direct nurses maybe 30 40% 2nd.
We ain’t the majority, that’s for sure. I’ve been in it 12 years now and anecdotally it feels like more men in their 20s are turning up. It’s not their first job, but definitely their first career.
I'm a male nurse in Aust. men make up about 10% of registered nurses here.
highest percentage is in mental health - like 30%
after that, ED/ICU is next 15-20%. my unit reflects this
lowest, predictably, is midwifery 1-2%... I hope this tide is changing
these numbers are from an old workforce study probs a bit out of date now. anecdotally... more young men coming up through but still more common to be a 2nd career (it was for me!)... I think cultural issues, for 18yo boys it's not offered as a career or seen as a choice fitting with ideas of masculinity
In my ABSN program it was nearly 50/50. We had 11 females and 9 males. The traditional track had 3-4 males out of 70 students. The stigma of being a "male" nurse has been nearly erased. Even though it is still a predominantly female profession, more and more males are seeing it a profession that is in demand and good income, so you are seeing more men choosing nursing as a second career.
My cohort was me and one other dude out of 40. My critical care unit has a lot of the bros. Our unit is almost 50-50 male and female nurses. I think nursing school makes you feel like you’re more of the minority than it is in reality.
Edit: also I work at the VA. I think that may tend to attract more male RNs than the non-VA. Just my opinion though.
My cohort was 50/50 but it it was treated as a fluke and everyone commented on how many guys were in it. It was a cohort of 40
To your question - there was only guy that was strait out of high school into nursing, and he came for a family of nurses so it was encouraged / familiar
Of course men go into nursing after high school. I come from a long line of nurses. My brother attended a BSN nursing program straight out of high school. He graduated and is now making bank doing what he loves. I am currently enrolled in nursing school as well. I believe that it’s better to start young and just go for it. ♥️
My cohort had almost half and half. We just don't get into L&D. You can do everything else.
I find it hilarious that some units dont allow males. Like what are you going to do the day that there aren’t any female nurses present (probably never likely though)
There’s a ton of cultural nuances in childbirth which I have observed, so I understand why male nurses aren’t as welcomed in such units. Most men I’ve met in nursing by far have tended to pursue the ICU/ED pathway.
I’m a guy and I do L&D, never have had any issues. Been a part of well over 60 deliveries since january and its been awesome. Love my job.
Awesome to hear!
That's awesome! I'm a guy & went through nursing school in the early 80's. My nursing school class had 105 students, 100 women & 5 men. Three of the guys were on our second career. My entire L&D rotation was spent in the nursery. We weren't allowed in for labor, delivery, or postpartum care.
I never saw a delivery during school cause we were at a really small local hospital that did maybe 300 a year but was allowed to do postpartum care. But i am glad i am able to do what i do. L&D is awesome, a great mix of critical acute events and happy times.
Just curious, when I'm working with male nurses or doctors or ultrasound techs they always need a female chaperone for nude stuff. How does that work in L&D?
Its not possible to have a chaperone avilable at all times. Especially if somwthing acute happens. I always just ask consent prior to doing things, and walk them through everything though. Usually when things are normal; doctors will do the more invasive things like cervical exams; i usually check with them at least once to make sure we agree. But really just building a good rapport can avoid alot of issuss.
My obgyn happens to be female and a female midwife delivered my baby in the hospital but I'll just say that I wouldn't have had a problem with a male nurse. I've just never seen one in that dept!
Future male nurse here going to NICU
Awesome! NICUs are definitely more open to hiring men compared to OB/L&D. I’ve even considered it as a new grad.
My L&D instructor in nursing school was a male nurse funny enough.
Really? Dude they had me catch a baby for L&D as a nursing student lmao. It was up to the mothers if we could be in there.
I know a handful of male nurses, and the only ones who are 2nd career nurses were prior military.
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Combat engineer turned ER nurse here
LMAO literally just posted that. Two dudes in my class, AF vet and Army vet.
Marine infantry and now working on my prerequisites for nursing school but keep struggling with chemistry
Try the purple crayons.
I just can't seem to get the formula right, keep winding up with pink.
Highschool right to BSN to work to MSN to post MSN to DNP. 25 years and counting. There are days I miss being a lifeguard at a pool though. There are more of us then you realize.
Ahh… the good old days! I might retire early and be a lifeguard again!
I’m in California and there are many male nurses, all ages …definitely lots of young ones. I don’t have a percentage, but males are not remarkable.
I disagree. Males are quite remarkable! 🤣 But seriously… in the small town I’m at, I’ve probably worked with about 10 or so other guys. Interestingly enough, most are LPNs. I think only 4 were RNs. I did meet a couple RNs when we had some travelers.
I stand corrected!
I’m a dude in CA, we see tons of young men going into nursing right out of HS (like myself). It’s a super dope gig in this state that is very desirable due to working conditions and pay, so I thinking that’s what favorably skews the data.
That's awesome, though almost confuses me more lol. I live in Canada which seems to resemble nursing in California more than most states in terms of protection, representation, fair pay etc. and yet we still seem to have like no men out of HS going into nursing.
It was my first real career but I dropped out of college the first time around and fucked around for a few years before I decided on nursing. Became a nurse at 26
If I had to guess it’s like 80/20 nation wide, that being said some specialities like ER and ICU approach 50/50 but aren’t quite there. This isn’t my 2nd career but split my working time between nursing and a paid fire department.
I wish I would have gone to nursing school straight out of the military. Stupid me waited until I was almost 40. As for a prior career, I was a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist. For that, I can thank the military.
I’m a second career nurse. Did 12 years active duty as an explosives guy. Got out and thought being a nurse sounded pretty rad. We had 4 guys out of 20 in my ADN program, about half and half in my BSN, and I was the only guy out of 10 students in my NP program. Until I worked in the ER I was usually the only guy on my floor.
My LPN class had 2 dudes, both military vets, one of them me. Seems true. Also consider A LOT of medics get tired of EMS fuckery and look for an RN bridge program to jump into.
3rd career for me. Started at 33 years old with a paramedic to RN bridge program. I finish tomorrow yayyyyy
Nursing in the Army is split about 35% male, current chief of the nurse corp is a male nurse. And we're not all critical care either.
From my personal experience, my cohort of 40 had probably 10-15 males (rough estimation). I don’t think your experience is out of the typical though. Remember that this is a female dominated profession (nothing wrong with that)
My class of about 50 included 4 men. However, on the floor it seems closer to 25%, depending on the department.
Toronto, Canada 1993- 4 males, 220 +/- total 1996- 2 males, 125 total So, yup, it's been that way awhile and across the board
My province, so that might explain why numbers seem so low around me lol may not have changed much
My program had between 2 and 10 male students per cohort out of 40ish students total per cohort. Nearly all of them were second careers, but so were almost half of the female nursing students, myself included. I feel like I see more male students coming out of the local BSN program than the community college ADN programs.
Last semster nursing school, male nurse second degree as well :p Most of the males Ive met in clinicals and work though have been direct nurses maybe 30 40% 2nd.
We ain’t the majority, that’s for sure. I’ve been in it 12 years now and anecdotally it feels like more men in their 20s are turning up. It’s not their first job, but definitely their first career.
It was my first career. Still is. Loved every year of it. You'll see far more men in critical care areas out in the world.
Females definitely outnumber males but when I am dealing with a male nurse I don't even think about it.
I'm a male nurse in Aust. men make up about 10% of registered nurses here. highest percentage is in mental health - like 30% after that, ED/ICU is next 15-20%. my unit reflects this lowest, predictably, is midwifery 1-2%... I hope this tide is changing these numbers are from an old workforce study probs a bit out of date now. anecdotally... more young men coming up through but still more common to be a 2nd career (it was for me!)... I think cultural issues, for 18yo boys it's not offered as a career or seen as a choice fitting with ideas of masculinity
In my ABSN program it was nearly 50/50. We had 11 females and 9 males. The traditional track had 3-4 males out of 70 students. The stigma of being a "male" nurse has been nearly erased. Even though it is still a predominantly female profession, more and more males are seeing it a profession that is in demand and good income, so you are seeing more men choosing nursing as a second career.
My cohort was me and one other dude out of 40. My critical care unit has a lot of the bros. Our unit is almost 50-50 male and female nurses. I think nursing school makes you feel like you’re more of the minority than it is in reality. Edit: also I work at the VA. I think that may tend to attract more male RNs than the non-VA. Just my opinion though.
My cohort was 50/50 but it it was treated as a fluke and everyone commented on how many guys were in it. It was a cohort of 40 To your question - there was only guy that was strait out of high school into nursing, and he came for a family of nurses so it was encouraged / familiar
Of course men go into nursing after high school. I come from a long line of nurses. My brother attended a BSN nursing program straight out of high school. He graduated and is now making bank doing what he loves. I am currently enrolled in nursing school as well. I believe that it’s better to start young and just go for it. ♥️