Male Nurse?

HEY! Who you callin' nurse? Okay, so my guns aren't as big as the fellow in the Johnson&Johnson ad (see right). But J&J is trying to change the image of the nursing population to include us, males, that is. This picture was tacked on the wall on my floor at the hospital where I've been working since April, and it was comforting to know and see that, not only are there male nurses out there besides me, but there are male nurses that can crush my head like a bag of chips.
I am outnumbered at the hospital, and textbooks lean heavy on the "she" instead of "he" pronouns. So I'm a pilgrim in a woman's world, trying to edge in and make a career for myself. Some of the older nurses resent me (I feel) while others welcomed me into the business. Now I know how women who become firepersons feel.
So, 1. I'm not gay, and 2. Nursing, to me is the next step after paramedic in the chain of things in patient care. Nursing is caring for patients without the moving box, otherwise know as the ambulance. And don't call me ambulance driver, either!

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