Nursing: Now A Two Way Street

Through the past several decades nursing has been a very heavily woman-populated profession however, in recent years it is becoming a trend for men to become involved. The stigma that men are doctors and women are nurses was abolished many years ago when women's suffrage was conquered. Women were now becoming a large part of the medical world as very prestigious doctors, surgeons, and health care providers but that stigma only changed in one direction. For many years, men were not involved in the nursing profession until recently when the benefits were discovered. For men leaving university and entering into this profession, they are in high demand and are often offered very high starting salaries for what they are able to provide that women might not be able to. For the large portion of the male population that are admitted into hospitals on a daily basis having a male nurse could be more comforting to them than being cared for by a woman. As well, men's physical strength could be a large help in areas such as physical therapy and transferring overweight patients that females might not be able to physically handle. As time passes these benefits will be further recognized and this profession will truly develop into a two way street.