As long as they work on their pandemic dance skills.
Posted on 12/12/2024 1:23:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Brandon Holcombe went straight from high school to working as a welder in northern Georgia, but it wasn’t for him.
Holcombe worried that the field was being automated away by robots, and besides, he wanted something with more problem-solving skills. Now, a decade later and at 28 years old, Holcombe is a long way from welding, studying at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to become a registered nurse.
“Each day brings new learning opportunities,” Holcombe said.
The number of men in the U.S. with the job of registered nurse has nearly tripled since the early 2000s. Many come to the field after working in the military or in jobs, such as paramedics or firefighters, that exposed them to the work of nurses.
“What I hear a lot from female students is, ‘I’ve always wanted to be a nurse, I like helping people,’ where the men tend to look more at job security and job stability,” said Jason Mott, president of the American Association for Men in Nursing.
Many of the manufacturing jobs that are being moved overseas, replaced by automation or phased out of the American economy were mostly filled by men. As a result, other occupations traditionally dominated by women are now gaining a larger share of men, including elementary and middle-school teachers and customer-service representatives.
Still, nursing is a relative outperformer in the proportion of men joining what has long been considered a “pink collar” sector. The number of male registered nurses has increased from about 140,000 in 2000 to about 400,000 in 2023. This means that about 14% of nurses are now men, up from about 9% roughly two decades ago.
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Has little to do with woke- nursing jobs are desperately needed in many areas of this country as the number of nurses who retired far outnumbered those getting into the field.
Nursing is a good occupation for those who cannot qualify themselves as doctors.
Often tons of overtime as well. There are nurses who make over $200,000, because they take all the over time they can.
There are always jobs for nurses and the pay is very good. Yes long hours and hard work and difficult situations, but that’s why you earn the high pay.
I wish we celebrated nurses the way the Left celebrates teachers in our failed government schools.
What about “nursing assistants”? People be employed by long term care facilities to take care of the patients.
As long as they work on their pandemic dance skills.
“ Nursing is a good occupation for those who cannot qualify themselves as doctors.”
What a nice thing to say.
My husband went into the army to be a truck driver. They gave him an ambulance "Oh, and if you want a promotion, you need to take medical classes...." He became a nurse and eventually a nursing instructor (where I met him at Fort Sam Houston).
That doesn’t mean that nursing is somehow less than a doctor. It’s just that the rigor of becoming a doctor is just that much more difficult.
It’s a reality for many, that tried to become doctors. They couldn’t do it so they segued into nursing because they were already mostly qualified with their medical training.
Nursing needs muscle to handle patients who cannot transfer themselves from bed to chair, and many women are just not up to the strength needed. I’ve learned this from a loved one in assisted living. They need 3 female nursing aids to move my loved one when I can do it alone.
My Mother Mary Ann was an RN, a very good one. She worked for part of her career in the ER, she told me it was the best part of her career, no time to mourn or worry, just trying to save lives. She also worked part of her career in an elderly care facility, she would come home and weep sometimes. Joe died, not supposed to become attached, just doing a job, but it’s hard not to for a compassionate human being. My Mom is the reason why my daughter is a Medical Doctor today. Lot of personal stuff to write on a public forum.
“...Yes long hours and hard work and difficult situations, but that’s why you earn the high pay.”
Yeah, the work is so hard they made stupid dance videos while we were being ravaged by a “pandemic.” From my experience in health care nurses are lazy asses.
“ It’s a reality for many, that tried to become doctors. They couldn’t do it so they segued into nursing because they were already mostly qualified with their medical training.”
That hole you’re digging isn’t getting any smaller
Don’t they have a Hoyer lift?
They get to see women without their clothing.
“”””Nursing is a good occupation for those who cannot qualify themselves as doctors.””””
Nurses are like the high IQ NCOs we see in the military, they prefer to be at the level they are at, being a doctor or a Major is an entirely different world and level of responsibilities, rules, and commitment, and not everyone wants them and that entirely different lifestyle, peer pressure and competition and work atmosphere, some prefer to be at the hands-on level and feel more comfortable there.
Remember the Peter Principle, some people consciously avoid it and want to be comfortable at a guaranteed level of high competency and talents, and do not wish to move to a level where they might be in constant stress and strain.
This is very true. My son worked as a robotics tech for Stryker and was always in the OR. He *frequently* assisted the teams with handling “large” patients. And there’s a lot of those in US healthcare ORs. My son is a strong former Marine. He has since moved into a very different profession.
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