Do you think nursing would be more advanced as a profression if...

It wasn't so women dominated? No offense, but it seems like nursing still has a "stay in the kitchen and make me sandwiches" mentality sometimes.

Just a thought.
Quote from Spikey9001It wasn't so women dominated? No offense, but it seems like nursing still has a "stay in the kitchen and make me sandwiches" mentality sometimes.Just a thought.

Stay in the kitchen and do what? Is this post for real?

What I meant to say, would the profession be taken more seriously if it weren't so women dominated...I just awoke and my brain isn't fully on yet.

Quote from Spikey9001What I meant to say, would the profession be taken more seriously if it weren't so women dominated...

Quote from TheCommuterI am going to go against the grain and respond that, yes, I feel nursing would be taken more seriously if it was not dominated by females.Take a look at the college-educated professions dominated by women: nursing, school teaching, librarianship, social work, and psychology all have several things in common including less respect, lower prestige, and not as much pay as the top male-dominated career pathways. While the public views nursing as the most trusted profession, we are not exactly the most respected.

Yeah this is the general consensus I was looking for.

So, it's dominated by women, but the profession has a 'get in the kitchen and make me some sandwiches' mentality?The women who predominate in the profession feel that they should be subservient? The male professionals who are outside the profession feel this way? Wut.

Quote from Spikey9001It wasn't so women dominated? No offense, but it seems like nursing still has a "stay in the kitchen and make me sandwiches" mentality sometimes.Just a thought.

I absolutely agree! This is coming from a woman too by the way... Look at the way dr's are viewed... it's mostly men, and when there is a woman doctor, it's out of the norm, and sometimes, she isn't even viewed as "good enough". I don't know about you guys, but I feel like people who are not in the medical field view nurses as the "girls who make your bed and make sure you get your food"... i dunno.. maybe i'm just crazy!!

How many of you have worked for hospitals where the CEO, COO, and CFO were male? How many had a woman in the mix? I've never worked in any hospital (which sets the basic tone for the public's nursing perception) where a woman was in charge of the place. DON's - yes....her boss, always a man.Yes- women are catty and more emotional than men. And some very insecure men seem to weasel into jobs where they are "over" women. When I've worked with female administrators/DONs, it's been really good work environments (and mostly in LTC, where women have a better shot at the top position). I had a male DON pull a gun on me when I asked about the discontinued meds- and when he wanted me to start logging them in again (a weekend sup job)....he'd been diverting, so I don't see him as much of an asset to any sort of position relating to humans. Call me picky. Nurses are responsible for their own way of how they come across. I haven't heard near the negative stuff that is reported here (and I'm around Yankees- LOL ).

Quote from brianna7690and when there is a woman doctor, it's out of the norm, and sometimes, she isn't even viewed as "good enough".

Nursing is a service profession. On its most basic level we take care of people while they are sick until they return to their lives in the community. This type of job has traditionallly been viewed by men as more naturally suited to women, once nurses started making better wages the men started to get over that stereotype and trickle in. I find the kitchen and sandwich statement to be overtly disrespectful to women, but I'm just crabby from my night shift.