If we can somehow rid society of the term "Male Nurse" then we could truly say that the term "Nurse" has become gender neutral. But until then I stand by my position that the word Nurse has definite feminine overtones. If it didn't then there would be no such term as Male Nurse. When was the last time you heard the term "Policewoman?" Not since the 70s for me. Now they are all known as police officers - a truly gender neutral term.
And of course the silly name "Nurse Mid-Wife" is completely inappropriate if people are ever going to take the idea of men in nursing seriously again. It really should be officially be changed to a title referring to the advanced practitioner status of the degree.
I am also proud of what I am, so proud that I feel like I finally found out what I wanted to be when I grew up.
But, in the civilian sector, among non-medical folks, females are nurses and males are male nurses. I want the term nurse to mean either a male or female person, which it does not - yet.
I see this gender bias as injurious to the nursing profession. I would like to work on eliminating this bias. There has not been enough work done to properly represent modern nurses for who we really are and the kind of work that we really do. If this were the case then we would see men entering the profession in higher numbers, pay rates would increase, retention would increase, overall satisfaction would increase, and the whole of nursing and patient care would exponentially increase.
In the civilian sector only about 1 out of 20 nurses are male and there is a serious shortage of nurses. These two facts are related. The poor representation of men in nursing is key to solving the shortage problem.
The face of nursing has changed. We need to rid society of the old Florence Nightingale idealistic myth and educate the world that we are highly educated and trained professionals.
The face of nursing has changed. We need to rid society of the old Florence Nightingale idealistic myth and educate the world that we are highly educated and trained professionals. - Cammer
Yep!
Cary James Barrett, RN, BSN
"I see this gender bias as injurious to the nursing profession. I would like to work on eliminating this bias. There has not been enough work done to properly represent modern nurses for who we really are and the kind of work that we really do. If this were the case then we would see men entering the profession in higher numbers, pay rates would increase, retention would increase, overall satisfaction would increase, and the whole of nursing and patient care would exponentially increase. "
Personally I believe that the whole issue is a matter of ego and there is no room for ego in nursing! Hear me out please. When women started entering jobs traditionally held by men - they were subjected to years in some case decades of gender bias and when they tried to say something they were told "Get over it!"
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I cannot find the words to express how ridiculous i think the title "murse" is. :rolleyes:
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I agree with you completely. There is no room for ego in this profession. I have had to prove myself as a competent nurse to women who still think that the female gender is the only gender good enough to adequately care for people. And the years of gender bias... yes, there have been years of anti-male gender bias in nursing. I don't like it when women tell me to "Get over it" and deny that there is a bias in society against men in nursing.
Your last sentence looks like it was cut off, but if I read it correctly you are right. Since around 1900 nursing has been traditionally a female dominated profession. Prior to this it seems that nursing was not associated with either men or women specifically. It was not a role that held gender bias until the late 1800s.
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