How are male nurses viewed by women in the health field

I am a male nurse here. The nursing field is traditionally and still remains a female-dominated field. For me, I have no problems with it. My colleagues and I are more concerned about the heavy workload to be done in so little time than bickering on gender-related issues. If you are in the ward, you and the team (actually just three of us) have to take care of more than 30 to 50 patients; giving them meds, talking them, assisting when going to the bathroom, replacing IV fluids, tracking and calling missing doctors, receiving marching orders, endorsing, and having no time to even sit down. There is no way you can stop and reprimand how males are so downtrodden in the profession!

Let me cite some studies here. In a 1976 study published Journal of Health and Social Behavior, female nurses were given questions regarding attitudes toward male nurses. Results show that female nurses view gender as irrelevant, and feel that more males should enter the occupation. Another study, conducted in Canadian students in 2010 that males in the nursing field were viewed negatively. Male nurses were still viewed in a negative light, according to a 2016 study, but patients changed their attitude after receiving care from a male nurse.

So that means that discrimination between genders in the nursing field still exists. In this modern society where sexist attitudes toward females are still widespread, the opposite happens in the world of nursing.

But seriously, if you are a male and thinking of entering nursing, go ahead. It is a rewarding and noble career.

 Refer: Josquin Charpentier