Is It Easy to Hookup for a Male in a Nursing School

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07-19-2016, 07:42 PM

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The nursing field is traditionally female dominated, but there has been attempts at bringing more men into the profession. Admission into nursing school is usually pretty competitive, do you think it is easier for men to get in ?

07-19-2016, 07:43 PM

Location: Middle America 37,416 posts, read 49,724,220 times Reputation: 52926

Are you asking if there are male quotas?

07-19-2016, 07:44 PM

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Quote: Originally Posted by TabulaRasa Are you asking if there are male quotas? Something around those lines.

07-19-2016, 10:33 PM

thepeeps 20 posts, read 25,862 times Reputation: 24

I doubt it to be honest. But as for actual jobs, yes I do believe male nurses tend to get hired faster just because they're a minority in the field overall. It's the same deal with women in engineering/tech as well in my opinion.

07-20-2016, 08:19 AM

coschristi Location: colorado springs, CO 9,362 posts, read 5,014,060 times Reputation: 27858

I've been an RN for 24 years but I have never worked in Nursing education. This is just my observation: I've never thought there was much influence for getting males into nursing programs. However, some schools have pre-program aptitude type testing that seem skewed towards male applicants. When I went through these tests I was actually told not to major in any area where I would have to rely on Math or Science! I ended up getting straight "A's" through my "Math for Health Sciences" course & was the ONLY person in the state of Colorado to pass my State Boards in 1994 without the use of a calculator! (first try, may I add) What did annoy me, however, was that once working in Nursing; men seemed to be selected much more for administrative positions. In my graduating class we had just 3 men; 2 of them ended up going back to school to continue into areas of medicine that did not require direct patient care. My other personal observation was that male nurses are either more desirable (or maybe desire more, themselves) to work in the Emergency/Trauma departments.

07-20-2016, 04:14 PM

SWCM7950 197 posts, read 237,684 times Reputation: 341

I'm a male RN that graduated in 2007. I have never witnessed any hiring quotas or acceptance quotas during school or out in the workforce. We are still a very small minority in the profession. Especially straight males Especially straight white males The smart straight white males go to medical school! Something I wished I would have done. Nursing for myself as a male has been a huge eye opener and wasn't at all what I thought it would be. I'd say a male would have a leg up over a female for two reasons: 1) Physical.......we tend to be more robust, can do heavier lifting, suffer less injuries, help with combative and aggressive patients etc. 2) Male nurses (straight ones more so than gay ones) tend to not get involved in all the gossip, backstabbing, and drama that many female nurses get caught up in. Oh one other thing sometimes men are much better able to handle the emotional stress and feelings that go with witnessing the amount of human suffering etc. nurses see. Not saying they are necessarily better but we just handle things differently. And I've witnessed even some males being more compassionate and empathetic than some females. Interesting dynamic at play sometimes.

07-20-2016, 09:42 PM

escapenc Location: NC 2,013 posts, read 3,033,584 times Reputation: 3187

Quote: Originally Posted by seixal The nursing field is traditionally female dominated, but there has been attempts at bringing more men into the profession. Admission into nursing school is usually pretty competitive, do you think it is easier for men to get in ? Not at all. Where I live (NC), schools admit students based your GPA after taking required prerequisite classes. Students are also admitted based on a point system, along with HESI test scores. I've been told that only 1/3 applicants are admitted into the nursing program. In fact, one of the male Chemistry tutors applied into the nursing program and didn't get admitted.

07-21-2016, 08:16 AM

Location: East of Seattle since 1992, originally from SF Bay Area 38,787 posts, read 69,769,323 times Reputation: 46534

There is no pressure to hire males into traditionally female jobs. The reason for the movement to hire more females in traditionally male jobs has to do with gender pay inequity.

07-21-2016, 10:26 AM

NDak15 Location: North Dakota 9,337 posts, read 11,934,010 times Reputation: 15582

Quote: Originally Posted by seixal The nursing field is traditionally female dominated, but there has been attempts at bringing more men into the profession. Admission into nursing school is usually pretty competitive, do you think it is easier for men to get in ? Wouldn't it be too unPC to make it easier for men to get in?

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