On Oct 29, 7:23*pm, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:42:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:32:46 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >> On 10/29/2011 1:26 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> >> > On Oct 29, 4:31 pm, > *wrote:
> >> >> On 10/29/2011 11:11 AM, BillyZoom wrote:
>
> >> >>> As for male nurses, in this economy it's about the smartest thing you
> >> >>> can go into, male or female. Nobody is going to offshore nursing. And
> >> >>> as I've alluded to, starting out as a nurse is just the beginning.
> >> >>> Many of them wind up as VPs.
>
> >> >> As an added bonus, male nurses can get away with things that female ones
> >> >> cannot. Yay! (-:
>
> >> > Like what?
>
> >> > John Kuthe...
>
> >> Beats the heck out of me, that's just what my wife says. OTOH, my guess
> >> is that she knows what she's talking about.
>
> >Probably things like telling a grown man to stop acting like such a
> >baby. *I was thinking men could do more like lift heavier objects etc.
> >but what do I know - I'm not a nurse and don't even have one in the
> >family. *
>
> many years ago when I worked as a Nurse's Aide while going through
> school, the orderlies (men) were called for lifting and things like
> that. *Last year when I was in hospital for 2 weeks, there were both
> male and female nurses and I couldn't see any difference in duties or
> attitude. *I did talk to the men and women from just before I was
> admitted through the following stay. *There are so many fields
> available now and every one of these people was working on advanced
> learning with an eye to going on to a more specialized area. *This
> includes the people in every department and all fields. *Medicine
> seems really exciting now.
> Janet US

Everybody who is specializing is 1) screwing themselves out of jobs
and 2) chasing what they believe is the "big money" and prestige. I'm
the opposite. The money's OK with me in every field of nursing, and
I'd like to have as wide a skill set and experience as I can, to help
insure my employability.

And you are correct. Nursing is becoming much less gender specific. It
had been traditionally almost 100% female, but many more men are
becoming nurses now. And nothing about the job of a nurse is gender-
specific. Only the patient's preferences, which can be prejudicial.
But since they are the "star of their show", patient preference is
very important. Although I doubt many would care if it was a male or
female performing CPR on them to save their life.

John Kuthe...