Mon, Oct. 04, 2004: Florida: Nursing shortage could attract more men to the field:"Mike Barbour is a man in a woman's world, but he sees his world as a changing one. Barbour graduated from nursing school in 1977 and has spent more than two decades in the field. Over the years, many patients have left their mark on his memory. One small boy often comes to mind. The patient was puzzled by Barbour. "He finally said to me, 'What are you? Are you a doctor? You can't be a nurse because nurses are women,'" Barbour recalled."
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/9832060.htm?1c
Do you think we could use more male nurses? I have to wonder how sentiment is changing towards men. When I first became a nurse, I got the impression from some of my coworkers that I didn't belong on the floors.
Others were happy to have me and didn't care what gender I was as long as I got my work done and carried my weight. Know a lot of male nurses that are given a hard time.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com
I've yet to actually work in the field, so maybe things are different on the inside, but I'm a leukemia survivor and I've spent a great deal of time on the other side of nursing. Personally, I've never met a male nurse who was "in it for the money" or who slacked off or caused problems. Yes, patients do notice the nurses that aren't doing what they should (especially kids, we see everything)
It was a male nurse at Arnold Palmer Hospital that made me want to become a nurse. He was so happy, all the time, and he LOVED his job.
I would welcome more male nurses, and it's unfortunate that so many qualified guys are turned away by the attitudes.
It's a phenomenon not unlike nurses eating their young.
This thread discusses it in detail.
http://www.ultimatenurse.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/8783/Main/3863
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.comDear Nurses,
October 16, 2004
Greetings! My name is Leah L. Logan. I am a CNA in the Dallas, Texas area. I am writing you, because today after watching thousands of people walk for the Susan B. Coleman Breast Cancer fund, I cried!
I first cried because back in 1996, my mother, Linda L. Logan, at the age of 41 died from breast cancer.
Then I cried because of all of the people walking that wanted to help.
Then from shame, I cried because since my mother died, I have done nothing to honor her or give to the Susan B. Coleman Breast Cancer Foundation.
After 8 years since mom died, I have decided to do what ever I can to raise money for this program.
My goal is to raise $10,000 over next 12 months for the Susan B. Coleman Breast Cancer Foundation.
I have a plan in place, but I can’t do it alone. If any of you are willing to help me, please write to me with your name and phone number, and I will contact you soon. Please don’t be afraid to reach out. And please remember to do your own self-exams and get your mammograms!
Here is the address:
teamnewvision@yahoo.com
Leah,
What does this have to do with the Florida Nursing Shortage? Kindly don't spam the forums.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com 
Mr. A. Lopez,
I am a CNA, and this issue is important to me, Mr. A. Lopez. I gave care to my mother while she lay dieing, and this is where I got my first start in nursing. It has everything to do with the nurse shortage, because my mom was a RN. And this world is short one of the best nurses around!
Up until now, I was your biggest fan on this sight! Your poems helped me get through some hard times. Some of your poems don't have anything to do with nursing either, but I still enjoy them!
If you never had anyone die from breast cancer in your family, of course you would make this kind of statement.
This forum is about nursing and any issues we have. No one is trying to take away attention from your nice
www.4nursing.com
Leah L. Logan
PS I hope you care more about others, who are sick where you work, more than you are showing here, otherwise they are in big trouble!
whoa, calm down....
did you realize that you posted to a message about male nurses????
It should have been posted as a seperate topic, or in a post that is talking about breast cancer, or why you became a nurse. This forum is about nursing issues,but what you wrote has NOTHING to do with THIS POST. Andrew has the power to report your post, but instead he choose to simply correct you, and you flipped out?
I don't know you, and I don't know Mr. Lopez, but maybe you should think before personally and professionally abusing people.
You post was rude, and obnoxious and reflects very poorly on you and on your cause.
I saw in another post that your not sure how to create a post...
when your in the main page, before opening a thread, there is a "new post" button at the top of the page.
Don't tell me to calm down about something that I strongly care about. Men get breast cancer too! And you should care. It's always flipping out when a women speaks up!
I don't care what you think about me or my cause because you don't know me!
If I get banned for speaking up for myself then I don't need this site anyway!
There is a place for posts like yours, if you had created a new thread, instead of posting the same message in several totally inappropriate places, I wouldn't have said a word.
Just FYI I do have the authority to ban users. Consider yourself warned. Next time you spam the boards, you will be banned from posting again.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.comI have been a nurse (RN) since 1979 and love nursing. I have always been a male (LOL), married with two kids, and approaching 53. I hope more males do come into nursing. It is a wonderful career. Really wonderful.
I have done so many things in nursing, ER, home infusion, Anesthesia School, home health, started sev. related businesses and just would not have looked back or wish i had done something else. I got interested when my brother in law died at 37 from cerebral aneurys., I spent about a week in ICU. Did not see any males, but was very impressed with what the nurses did.
Hello Randy,
Good to hear from a male nurse who's been at it for a while. I decided to become a nurse nine years ago and have never regretted it. Know I'll always be able to find work, always have a number of different career options.
Even married an ICU nurse I met after being in the field for four years. Have one daughter so far
will see how many we end up with. I have reservations about recommending nursing to young people, my wife has stated that if my daughter want to go to Nursing school, she won't pay the tuition. Just too many other career options that have less stress and more job satisfaction out there.
As long as you know what you're getting into, it's a great career for either a male or a female. As long as you're a worker, carry your weight and enjoy what you're doing, the gender bias issue shouldn't deter you from entering the field.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.comI agree totally, man. Not sure if I would rec. to my daughters or not....but would let them choose. I have always enjoyed it. Yea, one sure does have to work, esp. these days. I actually remember working ER and M/S when I got out in 80 and there was so much downtime, I could go flirt with the radiology (FEMALE! lol) tech many times per day in radiology. Just were never in a hurry. No one complained of ever being overworked, then.
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<img src="http://nursinghumor.com/nurse_forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I've yet to actually work in the field, so maybe things are different on the inside, but I'm a leukemia survivor and I've spent a great deal of time on the other side of nursing. Personally, I've never met a male nurse who was "in it for the money" or who slacked off or caused problems. Yes, patients do notice the nurses that aren't doing what they should (especially kids, we see everything)
It was a male nurse at Arnold Palmer Hospital that made me want to become a nurse. He was so happy, all the time, and he LOVED his job.
I would welcome more male nurses, and it's unfortunate that so many qualified guys are turned away by the attitudes.
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post! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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LeahNTexas said:
Don't tell me to calm down about something that I strongly care about. Men get breast cancer too! And you should care. It's always flipping out when a women speaks up!
I don't care what you think about me or my cause because you don't know me!
If I get banned for speaking up for myself then I don't need this site anyway!
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Hello LeahNTexas,
I admire your fire & your obviously a Texan (I say that respectfully, since I'm 100% Texan). However, you misunderstood what the other folks were trying to tell you. Your post was EXCELLENT, yet posted in the wrong thread, nothing more, nothing less to it. Would you like for me to move your post to a new thread? This way more will benefit from your post.
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nursinghumor said:
Leah,
What does this have to do with the Florida Nursing Shortage? Kindly don't spam the forums.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com
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Easy there big fella, I think she just misposted, rather than spam'd your thread.
I would have given her the benefit of the doubt, if she had not posted the exact same message in three or four different areas of the forum. . . . none of them appropriate.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com