a male nurse..

on a scale from 1-10 how weird is this? Ive got a sister who's a nurse and tells me all these crazy stories. I think it would be interesting aswel as fulfilling.

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Air_wolf

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my brother is a nurse. recently graduated and loves his job. He is a very caring person so i think that helps obviously. plus all the female nurses and doctors love him :biggrin:

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LukeyJB

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My boyfriend's a nurse, nothing wrong with male nurses!

Reply 3

DrakeMaverick

It is actually sexist to think that, you wouldn't like it if I said it's weird for a woman to be a car salesman.

stop promoting double standards.

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Ana81

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Original post by DrakeMaverick

It is actually sexist to think that, you wouldn't like it if I said it's weird for a woman to be a car salesman.

stop promoting double standards.

not really, men arent sensitive like women so say what you like it just rolls of my back. Do you expect me to sit and cry with a box of tissues and chocolates.

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Mockery

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Original post by Ana81

not really, men arent sensitive like women so say what you like it just rolls of my back. Do you expect me to sit and cry with a box of tissues and chocolates.

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I'm pretty sure that being a nurse requires some sheer emotional grit and strength.

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LukeyJB

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Original post by Ana81

not really, men arent sensitive like women so say what you like it just rolls of my back. Do you expect me to sit and cry with a box of tissues and chocolates.

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That's a ridiculous statement, and being a nurse is bloody hard.

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RtGOAT

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Its pretty disgusting that while their are so many schemes/scholarships to bribe women into typically male dominated sectors the same does not exist for men wishing to be nurses.

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em.d_4

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Original post by RtGOAT

Its pretty disgusting that while their are so many schemes/scholarships to bribe women into typically male dominated sectors the same does not exist for men wishing to be nurses.

Well what more can they do? Nursing is already essentially a free university couese unlike things such as engineering. In such fields women can get momentary grants usually towards their course fees or living cost. Can't rreally do that on a free course.

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Ana81

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tbh men cant really complain, most careers are aimed at men women can only do cooking, nursing, law and science.

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Friendly Liberal

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Nursing is a bad job. You have to touch all those icky people and the money is poor. There are a lot of council estate girls who become nurses... :giggle:

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Ana81

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Original post by Friendly Liberal

Nursing is a bad job. You have to touch all those icky people and the money is poor. There are a lot of council estate girls who become nurses... :giggle:

you make me sick.

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em.d_4

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Original post by Friendly Liberal

Nursing is a bad job. You have to touch all those icky people and the money is poor. There are a lot of council estate girls who become nurses... :giggle:

Well clearly you know nothing about modern nursing! Many nurses reach very high pay levels, many can prescribe drugs and become specialists or consultants. Doctors, especially in their early years, rely hugely on nurses.
I live in one of the most expensive towns in the country and know lots of girls and guys for that matter who're off to do nursing. In fact I'm looking ar nursing myself... My mum is a lawyer, my dad's a commodity trader, and I am predicted A*A*AA in bio, geog, maths, and chemistry. So basically you know absolutely jack.

Yes you have to look after people and some jobs are as you said 'icky' but I hope next time you or your family are sick someone points out how icky you are and refuses to help you. Because you should have a little more respect for people who're prepared to spend their lives doing jobs too icky for you, for less money than you'd like, at antisocial hours but are still prepared to wipe your sick mothers arse, or change her cannula or clean up her sick or spend hours on her paper work so she can see the right specialist quickly.

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Friendly Liberal

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Original post by em.d_4

Well clearly you know nothing about modern nursing! Many nurses reach very high pay levels, many can prescribe drugs and become specialists or consultants. Doctors, especially in their early years, rely hugely on nurses.
I live in one of the most expensive towns in the country and know lots of girls and guys for that matter who're off to do nursing. In fact I'm looking ar nursing myself... My mum is a lawyer, my dad's a commodity trader, and I am predicted A*A*AA in bio, geog, maths, and chemistry. So basically you know absolutely jack.

Yes you have to look after people and some jobs are as you said 'icky' but I hope next time you or your family are sick someone points out how icky you are and refuses to help you. Because you should have a little more respect for people who're prepared to spend their lives doing jobs too icky for you, for less money than you'd like, at antisocial hours but are still prepared to wipe your sick mothers arse, or change her cannula or clean up her sick or spend hours on her paper work so she can see the right specialist quickly.

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And I'm supposed to read all that? Look if you want to look after people, be a DR, right? Oh I forgot nurses are failed doctors :giggle:

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em.d_4

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Original post by Friendly Liberal

And I'm supposed to read all that? Look if you want to look after people, be a DR, right? Oh I forgot nurses are failed doctors :giggle:

Doctors don't really 'look after people'. They treat them, nurses have the caring role and are probably the most diverse of the healthcare professions. They are entirely different jobs, you won't find many 'failed doctors' nursing because they simply arent the same job.
Can you not read well enough to cope with more than 4 lines at a time?
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Reply 15

Maid Marian

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Nothing wrong with it. :smile:

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LukeyJB

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Original post by Friendly Liberal

And I'm supposed to read all that? Look if you want to look after people, be a DR, right? Oh I forgot nurses are failed doctors :giggle:

Your posts don't really fit your username, doctors treat people, nurses provide round the clock care, and can also carry out some roles doctors can with further training.

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iEatMuFFiNS

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Nothing wrong with being a Murse :rolleyes:

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InsertWittyName

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Original post by Friendly Liberal

And I'm supposed to read all that? Look if you want to look after people, be a DR, right? Oh I forgot nurses are failed doctors :giggle:

That is probably the dumbest **** I've seen all day. Don't be such a stupid ****. Being a nurse and a doctor are two different sides of the same coin. Doctors tend to handle diagnosing illnesses and what course of treatment is needed, but from the time I've spent in hospital they spend comparatively little time on the floor with individual patients. Nurses generally handle the actual care of the patients.

Who do you think looks after you when you're puking your guts out? Or checks up on you regularly to make sure you're ok?

I've met nurses, both male and female, who were very intelligent (probably more so than you) and could have probably become doctors if they chose, but became nurses because that's the profession they wanted to go into.