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Re: revive
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Originally posted by Unregistered
NO not all male nurses are "gay". and I know for a fact that my husband who is one of the nurses posting here is the most un-gay man in the world, in every sense of the word. You obviosly don't know much about nursing or male nursing or you wouldn't make such @#$inile statements! Most nurses that are male that I work with are in fact very straight with families.
Male nurses don't stand up because the female coffee cliches will eat them alive in this business! This is a predominantly female profession. Male nurses are told when they complain about unsafe or unfair practices that they are "angry men" "you're not happy here" "you don't smile enough" or some other bogus comment from management and peers use to undermine the issue in the first place. or get associated with idiots like that Collen guy that killed so many patients back east. The male nurse has NO voice. Sure there are some places that treat male nurses fairly and I have worked a few that do. But that is the exception, not the norm. The real fact is that hospitals don't treat any nurses, male, female, gay, black, white, yellow, brown, or red fairly. they cut staff just when you are finally getting caught up a little, they don't give breaks or lunches, they allow the supervisors to run ramshot on everyone. I have worked in hospitals for 24 years, and I have seen this over and over. They do it to other professions too, including mine (respiratory practitioner) but to a sesser degree. Maybe its becasue RT departments typically have male directors and nursing has female directors for the most part, I don't know.
My point is, before you run your mouth, check it out. Talk to some male nurses and find out what they think.
before i run my mouth? excuse me but again you proved my point, who is the one who complained about my post? a male? no, another female RN (you) who has all the answers in the world but doesn't have a clue to be happy in a job.
most females nurses complain even with what a male has to say about the job (you just proved it), how much more from a supervisor? God Forbid.
i do talk to other male nurses and they're fine with what they do and what they get from there work. i can't say everything is all blue sky's but who can.
Im excited to see what else you may write, ask more of your males friends to rebutt what I said so you won't look foolish for the only female to complain.
happy holidays.. hahaha.
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09-30-2003 02:00 AM
Re: Job Story: NURSING SUCKS.....nurse
Irresponsible America: Not taking care of their own
. I too was fed up with being treated like a lesser being for choosing the nursing profession. I also do not like taking responsibility for people I have no control over (like CNA's) so I stayed mostly in critical care. The mindset of hospital management and administration has been known for a long time. I actually had a manager tell me after I had a spirited discussion with a physicain---"doctors are the income generators here, you are an expense." I believe that sums up the current attitude towards nursing staff. One of the previous persons posting blamed the complaining on women---which underlies the main problem with the nursing profession: it is female dominated, and thus any complaints or issues raised tend to be laughed off by the world as "just a bunch of whiny women." Meanwhile, patient care is deteriorating before our eyes, and those who complain or admit to making mistakes are targeted for firing by administration. I do not know the answer to nursing's problems beyond strong professional organinzation. However, it will be nearly impossible to acheive because we have proved as a group that is easy to divide us and let us fight each other and thus not have to improve our working enviorment.
