In chapter three of the book, Difference Matters Brenda Allen talks about how gender matters. Gender is important because it is the biological classification in life. Throughout the chapter, Allen provides a perspective on how jobs, education, and how we communicate differ based on whether you are a female or a male. In the work field, men tend to have it a bit easier then woman.…
No matter where a man is in the workplace, they are always ranked one step higher than women. Men have the strain of supporting a family, which includes women and these men feel the need to express power to elude revealing any weaknesses. The pressure that men feel from their colleagues at work is frustrating because the men want to be on the top and show that they can rule dictate their terms. If women keep advancing and taking away their jobs, then these men feel insecure and men are inclined to penalize these progressing women. As a result, women are discouraged and many lose hope to succeed.…
Nursing Shortage Nursing shortage is beginning to rise as a result of baby boomers retiring, the acuity of patient care admitted to the hospital, and nurses changing their profession as the result of being burnt out. The idea of nursing shortage in the clinical setting, can be associated with the risk of poor quality care rendered to the patient. As the quality of care rendered to the patient declines, the patient becomes at risk for hospital acquired pneumonia, decubitus, and urinary tract infection. Also, the nursing staff will be paid for overtimes and as a result this can affect the budget established by the organization. Insurance companies will not pay for hospital acquired pneumonia, decubitus and urinary tract infection.…
Goldberg stated, “When you look at senior management, you tend to see men disproportionately represented. So while there may be less than 5% of all nurses who are male, you see a much larger percentage than 5% in senior-level positions like hospital administrators,” (Goudreau). In order for the glass escalator to be eliminated our evolving society cannot only look at men dominating careers; the bigger picture is the social constraints put on both men and women at home, in public, and in the work force. The million-dollar question is, what are women to do about men riding the glass escalator in female-dominate professions? The most obvious answer is women need to stand their ground, fight for equality, and celebrate any destruction of social constraint in the work place.…
I would consider myself an underrepresented minority in the field of nursing because I am a Black male. First off, in 2011, 9 percent of all nurses were men, while 91 percent were women. In 2013 nurses from minority backgrounds represented 19 percent of the registered nurse workforce. African Americans made up only 6 percent of the minority population. In 2014-2015 nursing students from minority backgrounds made up 30.1 percent of students in entry-level baccalaureate programs, 31.9 percent of master’s students, and 29.7 percent of students in research-focused doctoral programs.…
They are numerous historical precedences that have contributed to the current problems nurses are facing today. Nurses have always been overworked. In the beginnings of nursing schools, it was the work of nursing students that were keeping hospitals running. It was also the view of nurses as only females by Florence Nightingale that has contributed to the low percentage of males in the nursing profession. Some solutions that I would offer to change the ongoing problems would be a) respecting and appreciating nurses b) learning of ways for nurses and physicians to work together c) teaching people of what nursing really is.…
Increasing Diversity in Nursing With the growth of a population filled with different ethnicities, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, social views, social status, generational age gaps, and culture beliefs to list a few, the need to understand and support these unique differences as it relates to providing health care cannot be ignored. To improve the health and well-being of the nation’s people seeking medical care, a call to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce must be answered. To address the issue of increasing diversity in the nursing population, actions to address an increase in the diversity of student enrollment, retention of the academic student nurse, and recruitment by healthcare organizations during the hiring process of qualified professional nurses with diverse backgrounds is necessary. Diversity in College and University Recruitment for the Student Nurse…
Nurses make up the largest health profession in the United States. They provide a critical role in a large number of different areas, including: hospital care, public health facilities, and hospice programs. A strong nursing workforce is essential in maintaining a high level of patient care. Over the last 5 years, we have noticed a strong increase in nursing demand accompanied by a shortage in the available nurses. This trend has created a nursing shortage with no clear cut solution in sight.…
I worked at a restaurant for almost two years, and what I observed was a kitchen staff that was predominantly male. The women would leave if they could not handle the intensity required. Others adapted. Conversely, the servers were predominantly female. They outperformed their male counterparts, forcing the men to adapt as well.…
Hall and Richie (2013) explain that the word “nurse” is from the Latin ‘nutrire’ which means to nourish or suckle, so the term was historically related to feminine attributes, and as such, nursing has always been considered a female profession. There will of course be disadvantages to being a male nurse in a predominantly female environment, which could include the lack of a male role model. Hall and Richie (2013) discuss the considerable effects of stereotyping, and how the individuals can become targets or excluded, which will interfere with their work. As well as being immoral, this is also illegal to discriminate someone because of their gender (Equality Act, 2010). Roger Cobley (2016) suggests that it is of public opinion that having more male nurses will serve the profession positively as people see men as family providers,…
While working in Riddle Memorial Hospital, I experienced this problem hands on. My supervisor would always choose the men to transport or move the patients instead of the women because the men appeared stronger. Women and men are both capable of having a nursing job and should not be discriminated against. In the…
“Some things that will turn people away are sickness, burnout, shirft work, long shift hours” (“utah.gov”). Like the shift hours may turn people away because they have to work at night or on the holidays. Nurses also may have to work longer shifts for other staff members that can’t make it in that day. “For we who nurse, our nursing is something which, unless we are making progress every year, every month, every week, we are going back.…
There are many job opportunities due to becoming a nurse. You can be an overseas nurse, an active military nurse, a VA (veterans) nurse, a pediatric nurse, and others. Nursing is also open to men and women. “According to Minority Nursing writer, Tri Pham in her piece titled “Men in Nursing”, a recent statistic that was taken in 2008 highlights the undeniable difference in the number of men that work as nurses as opposed to women. Within that year there were a total of 3,063,163 nurses that were both licensed and registered, but only 6.6 percent of the over 3 million registered nurses were male, and only a slightly higher percentage of 16.8 were non-Caucasian males working in the nursing field (Men in…
What can we do collectively as a profession to alleviate the nursing shortage? I believe working collectively as a team we can overcome the nursing shortage. I believe dealing with this issue starts off by encouraging nurses to further their educations. There are so many students being turned away from nursing programs because there is a lack of educators to teach them. Because, there is a shortage in nursing instructors encouraging nurses to pursue careers in teaching could help with this shortage.…
In 1998, a nursing shortage began due to the confluence of several factors that were, at the time, unknown. The lack of nurses is becoming apparent and putting out negative effects for the world to see through the registered nurses habits in caring for these patients. Hospital administrators suggested higher wages and increased training for nurses; however, efforts to provide these did not end the shortage. The controversy here is higher wages cannot make up for being intensely overworked, causing severe exhaustion and job dissatisfaction…but some people are still trying to increase wages without reducing workload. Because many aspects of society are affected, the nursing shortage has become a concern among hospital administrators.…