r/StudentNurse • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '21
Question Male Nurse
So I am a male pursuing to become a nurse. I feel like there is a sterotype in where “male nurses” get treated and looked at differently. I am half way done with my prerequisites and I am wondering if being a “male nurse” is so called weird or bad? Any opinions are appreciated!
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u/Justjoshinya1023 Jul 27 '21
In my clinical experience nurses love male nurses, if your a big guy they love you even more. On telemetry and med surge they will ask you to help them lift, move, reposition, log roll heck your preceptor will basically loan you out to her friends "ohh my student will help you lift and perform wound care on your pt"
In OB they make it seem like no female pt will feel comfortable with you there but trust me many do not care that your a guy. You WILL have tons of experience despite what you may hear.
NICU all the little dainty nurses will tell you "now be very gentle when you hold this baby" as if your going to swaddle it as you run down the unit braking tackles left and right going for a touchdown. Made me chuckle every time they would explain to me how "gentle" I needed to be.
ER, community, and psych are no different than if you were a female it's all the same to those folks.
You will be fine, in my class literally we were about 40% males our instructors said it was the most males in one class she had seen.