That's the important part, too many young people study something that they'll graduate with the least effort, and then we have 20 graduates from social or buerocratic courses per one workplace and one engineer per 20 workplaces

I used to work with a former male RN. He said that school and the job was great socially. Once you let it out that you are heterosexual, you won't be lonely. :yeah:

However, he did say that the actual job of being a male nurse was not great. Evidently there is, according to him, some discrimination about male nurses from the other female nurses on the job.

Of course he could have just been whining to. :timeout:

No, there is a bit of that. My friend said that on the instruction end, many were sort of militantly anti-doc. He's very much NOT anti-doc, and in fact told my wife he acts just as he did in the CG. He treats docs like officers. They like that, which is probably why many docs really like male nurses (the exception being really hot female nurses, who are probably in nursing to land a doc (and they do, we know loads of docs with wives who are nurses (sometimes 2d or 3d wives ;) ).

I noticed that too, most recently when we were in the hospital for my wife's delivery. There really was this palpable tension between two of the nurses and one of the doctors. They'd really bitch and moan about the guy when he was out of earshot, and in front of patients too. Of course, he had a real 'tude with them as well, so it appears that the animosity was mutual. And this was in a maternity ward!

The women-women interactions are really odd, too. My wife sees this with nurses sometimes (though she's popular with them, virtually every nurse who needs a urologist comes to her first).. She also sees it with patients, too. There is a same-sex sexism where they assume she'll "talk" to them more than the guys would, even though she has no more time for chit-chat then her male partners do. So if she doesn't chit-chat, then she's a "bitch" where the guys would simply be "busy."

Being male is good I think, my nurse friend says it frees him from much of the politics which seems very "henhouse" to him.

Good choice especially if you enjoy it.

I don't think I can nurse anybody..I'd lose patience soon enough...and not having the guts to see suffering people.

For that you have my respect :salute:

Not a bad choice! I got a couple of friends who work as male nurses. It's a good job, granted the pay is not exorbitant and the hours can sometimes suck.
I can only recommend that you get some additional training later, many I know have some additional psychiatry certification, the money and the work conditions are better there. However in Sweden the overall work conditions in hospitals are way better than in Germany - I hope for you that it stays this way!

I worked as an assistant nurse for a short time and I can confirm this. This goes with regard to fellow female nurses as well as regasrding the patients.


This is also true and important: stay out of the inner-female henwar and you'll be fine!