Morning Vitals: Looking Back at My Life in Nursing in 2019
by Moving swiftly to the end of this year, I’m looking back and looking forward at the same time. This week, I’ll write about my look …
Category: Gender Diversity
Men in Nursing: Gender and Like-mindedness Are Both Important in Nursing Professional Relationships
Recently, I’ve written about the search for camaraderie among men in nursing. First, I mentioned the theme of isolation in men’s experience of the profession. …
Is the Predictability of Professional Interactions Between Men in Nursing Possible With Increased Gender Diversity?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the search for camaraderie often sought by men in nursing. In the process, I expressed the viewpoint …
Beyond Physical Isolation, Men in Nursing Can Experience Longing for Camaraderie
Several years ago, I undertook a career transition from life science research to nursing. Although I graduated from an accelerated baccalaureate program, the change actually …
Should We Minimize or Accentuate the Gender Element in Nursing Interactions?
If you’re a nurse, you know something of the variety of life situations into which nurses are positioned to speak and intervene. Nurses are often …
Men in Nursing Should Be Just as Willing as Women to Do the “Dirty Jobs” Like Wound and Ostomy Care
In August, I wrote about misidentification of non-physician health care professionals (HCPs) as physicians and how it may relate to the establishment of professional identity …
Personal Reflections on Gender Bias in Nursing Education
The other day, I received my October 2019 print edition of American Nurse Today, the official journal of American Nurses Association. In the Healthy Nurse …
Autonomous Participation in Nursing Culture
Earlier this week, I mentioned the idea of autonomous participation in culture as an important aspect of pluralism in general. I believe that a deep …
Looking for a Deep Pluralism in Nursing
As long as there have been people, there have been disagreements as to the nature of reality. Each of us takes in a particular view …
Establishing Professional Identity as Men in Nursing
Throughout the years, patients and their families have mistaken non-physician health care professionals (HCPs) for physicians. In this post, I relate my own experience with …
Looking for Data Sources on Men in Nursing
Last week, I mentioned a number of questions that arise for me as I think about the prospects for increasing gender diversity and equality in …