[richardtennessee]

I can't tell you how happy I was to find your web site today. I am a new nursing student, accepted into a very competitive program starting in August. I go online every day and look for as much information about men in the nursing field as possible. Bless you for making this site possible.

[Jailhouse RN]

I just looked at your site. I find there is a lot of good information. Thanks I'll be checking back.

[bassinRN]

Being a Psych RN, I can tell you that most of the women I work with are happy when I'm on. The stereotyped male RN is fading and men are being accepted right along with their female counterparts. This is a good thing. Each gender offers their own unique perspective the other can learn from. I have a nephew who just returned from Iraq who is going to re-enlist to become a nurse in the Army.

[ETNGuy]

Thanks Ray. As a current student, this is a definite "book mark" site.

[SoldierNurse]

Here is a sample of a term paper I submitted in the University of Texas, at Galveston RN-BSN program, which I recently completed with a 3.756 GPA. Yes, I'm a Male RN, both civilian & USAR.
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Lessons can be learned from military nursing in regard to the high percentage of men in all three services. In Boivin’s article (2002) on men in military nursing concluded the chances of having an all – male team of RNs is more than five times as likely to occur in the military. Boivin reported that in the Army 35.5% of the nurses are men, in the Navy 36% are men, and in the Air force 30% of the nurses are men. A camaraderie exist between the military nurses and physicians. In the military nurses hold the rank of officer same as the military physicians. Boivin found that while they don’t list it high on the reasons they became military nurses, men do admit being in the military carries less of a stigma than the still – stereotyped image of civilian male nurses.

Most men in military nursing are in the fast paced specialties. In the Army, 67% of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) are men, 40% of Operating Room (OR)nurses are men, 34% of Emergency Room (ER) nurse are men, and 29% of critical care nurses are men (Boivin, 2002). However, the military has not always been so receptive. Male nurses in Word War II were not allowed to serve as nurses, even though they were trained RNs. In fact, men were not allowed to serve in the military as nurses until the Vietnam War (Domrose, 2003).
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BTW, I received an "A" on the paper. My focus in the paper was the current nursing shortage & by increasing the number of men in nursing would help alleviate some of the shortage. I won't bore ya'll any further with the details of my paper.