History of Male Nurses

Although women outnumber men in the nursing profession today, this was not always the case. Men in the military traditionally cared for the sick. In parts of the Arab world, only men were considered capable of public nursing. The first school of nursing, founded around 250 B.C. in India, only accepted men. Men only were considered to be pure enough to touch patients, women were not. They were trained in every aspect of care, including: cooking, bathing, feeding, massaging limbs, assisting in walking and movement, and making beds. For years men were the main medical practitioners, delivering care to patients and nursing the sick back to health.

During the American civil war nursing volunteers cared for the soldiers wounded in battle. Both the Confederate and the Union Armies had teams of nurses – male and female – contributing to the war effort. Although mostly the women are noted as nurses, there were hundreds of men who gave much needed medical attention to fallen soldiers. Walt Whitman, a famous writer and poet, left his pursuit of the literary arts in favor of nursing. Even though a number of men such as Whitman ventured into the nursing profession, their numbers would decline in Europe and North America for over a century.

Florence Nightingale, despite her reforms that transformed healthcare, may have also reduced the role of male involvement in nursing.

Full article from MyNursingUniforms Nursing Blog.

Male Nurses Display more masculine Tendencies

Compared to their computer typing compatriots. http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/male-nurses-masculinity-2113/

I want to know where the study was conducted, can't seem to track it down. Any dude who works all day on his feet will display more masculine traits than a dormant fatso.... Not that male nurses can't get fat....

Dialogue on the Changing Course of Male Nurses

Have you found an increase in the number of male nurses working in healthcare? Although it may not appear like there are more males in nursing school, the numbers are certainly changing. Here is a discussion on the subject at ER NURSEY.

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Maybe murse isn't the right word to use. How about my name. How about just 'nurse'. Not male nurse, not murse, just nurse....

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Not a male purse, but a male nurse, the murse.

Calling all my murses.....let's begin.