Popular culture portrays men in nursing as unambitous and fodder for jokes, but the tide may be turning. This shift may provide you with a good topic for a story. There is no question that stigmas and negative stereotypes related to men in nursing still exist.
Many people continue to regard nursing as a woman s profession.
Caring knows no gender, said Daniel J. Pesut, RN, PhD, CS, FAAN, and Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International board member. The motivation of both men and women who enter the profession is to provide patient care. Men in nursing comprised 5 percent of the U.S. nursing work force in 1996, according to the Division of Nursing of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prejudicial treatment endured by men in nursing in your area - from doctors, patients, families and others. Why local men have chosen nursing as their profession.