Personally I think, that if they changed the name "nurse" to something else, alot more men would get into the profession. Whenever I hear the word "nurse" I automatically think of the WWII nurse with the skirt and funny hat. And another thing, RN's do not clean bedpans.
Yeah, they'd have to change the name but I still think it would take a generation or two to stop the giggles.
I certainly see where male nurses are useful, but myself, I wouldn't be comfortable with one (especially with a recent local scandal here of a male nurse raping over 100 patients during his time at a hospital)