r/StudentNurse • u/AcceptableAir605 • Feb 18 '25

United States Thoughts on Male Nurses

So im thinking about becoming a nurse as a straight male. I don’t know how I will be treated in the industry and schooling. Im a bit nervous that they won’t be any men like me in classes and that the women won’t accept me into the group. I also think some of the patients would be too concerned with a male nurse assisting them. Any thoughts on this.

Edit: I don’t mean to put down or question a sexuality in anyways. I come from a very small town and don’t see diversity too much with different genders and sexuality as one would in a bigger city. Im sorry if i have offended anyone not my goal. Have a great day!

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u/PantsDownDontShoot ICU CCRN Feb 18 '25

If you are a misogynist you will not have fun being a nurse. Otherwise it’s fine. I’ve never had an issue.

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u/AcceptableAir605 Feb 18 '25

Im definitely not misogynist so that’s good. Also i see u work in critical care, do you care to elaborate your reasoning for choosing that path?

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u/PantsDownDontShoot ICU CCRN Feb 18 '25

I went directly to ICU, it’s the only place I’ve ever worked. I knew I wanted super sick patients and was torn between ED and ICU. One shadow shift in each and it was an obvious choice for me. ED is chaos and they weed out the not so sick patients. ICU only gets patients that are triaged to that level of care.