In today’s society the male nursing profession is sometimes portrayed negatively in the media. Male nurses are often viewed as more aggressive, incompetent and working in a predominantly female profession. The media source chosen was a movie called “Meet The Parents” (2000) The film was based on the idea that a male nurse would go and meet his future wife’s family, and upon meeting the family, things took a turn for the worse. reinforced the common male nursing stereotypes portrayed in the media.
In the beginning of the movie Ben Stiller who plays the main character Greg, portrays a professional male nurse who loves his job. He is respectful to his patients, and has an outgoing personality. He dresses in the proper nursing attire, and
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When he is not shown respect, Greg tries to leave but gets caught in an airplane when his luggage would not fit in the overhead compartment. The stewardess than proceeds to say that she would take his luggage, but earlier in the movie they had lost his luggage on a previous flight. Greg than proceeds to get aggressive and begins yelling “bomb” repeatedly on the airplane, which results in getting himself detained. Finally, Greg stands up for himself and asks if Jack would lay off with the nurse jokes, and Jack replies lightheartedly, “could you consider another profession?” Jack’s character presented the fact that there are people who still have the mentality that it is not okay to be a male in the nursing profession. Current working nurses or students studying to become a nurse this could be considered offensive because of the view it portrays on the ‘male nurse’. When I first watched the movie five to six years ago it severely impacted my view on nursing because it showed me that as a male nurse in today’s society would be set apart and judged to a certain extent due to gender. Male nurses would have to fight for the equality and respect from certain demographics throughout their entire career. There is also the issue that nurses …show more content…
The articles were to be peer reviewed, and have a minimum of one nurse as an author. The research was completed on the EBSCO online research database using the Cumulative Index to Nursing database and Allied Health Literature with full text. The concept of nursing being a predominantly female profession is currently being influenced by the media, and society as a whole (Lou, Yu & Chen, 2010) This is being portrayed through movies with how frequent you see females as nurses within television series but you rarely or never see males. When you finally see the ‘male nurse’ they are usually portrayed negatively such as portrayed in this film. Jack tries persistently to persuade Greg to switch career paths because he considers it a female line of work. Constant portrayal of nursing being a female role in movies and television shows is leading to the population being misinformed about the male nursing profession. The truth is that males have an equal role in the nursing work force. David Stanley stated in an article that male nurse’s are considered to be aggressive. (2012) When Greg got upset, and started yelling, “bomb” on the plane, he had to be detained. This could be considered portraying a male nurse as being an aggressor. This proves the statement previously stated about males could be viewed as more aggressive. Just because there is a correlation of males nurses
In the movie “First Do No Harm,” there was a family that had a normal life style. All of this change when the smallest child Robbie was diagnosed with epilepsy. In the hospital that he was being treated there was some positive professional behaviors and some negative. One of the negative behaviors was that the doctor didn’t give the parents any choices on how treat Robbie. Every time Robbie would have a seizure doctor Abbasac would just gave him medications one after the other because of his reactions. Something else that was negative was that the hospital was refusing to treat Robbie because he didn’t have insurance but they shouldn't refuse medical service to someone who needs it. However, the nurse had a very positive professional behavior when treating Robbie. All of the times she was very empathetic and help to calm Robbie’s mom Lori. Another positive thing was that when she transferred Robbie to another hospital they treated him even though they didn’t have an appointment.
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Presented issues such as lack of nursing opportunities for nursing graduates, lack of respect for the nursing profession and nurses being viewed as a threat by doctors continues to be of an existence today. As a nurse, I feel that it is of high importance to highlight these presented issues from the film not only because they were the most outstanding to me but because the nursing profession needs more
Its 1:30 am and you are have just experienced a major car wreck. You are in the ambulance where the paramedics are telling you it will be ok just hold still big. You arrive at the emergency room and everything is a blurred. You don’t care if the nurse is a female or a male. You don’t stop the male nurse from caring for you. But what happens when you go to the doctor for a follow up visit and see a male nurse? Do you still see a powerful male that saved your life or a powerless manweak feminine failure ? When providing care for a patient, a male nurse faces challenges such as gender bias and judgement .
Angelou once said, “The people may forget the nurses name, but they will never forget how that nurse made them feel.” Nursing is a profession. Unfortunately, nursing does not always get the credit it deserves because of these stereotypes. Nursing is not a gay profession for males. Due to the shortage of nurses, our society needs more nurses now than never. Nurses make a difference in almost every person’s lives just not in hospital rooms but also in schools and clinics. Nursing in not easy job but somebody has to do it. There has to those individuals who must take on this challenge and be the difference in someone’s life. People could not care if someone considers them a failure for being a nurse and not a doctor. Most doctors could not do their job effectively without the help and assistance of nurses. The money is there for those who think nurses does not get paid that much. Healthcare is one of the biggest factors in our world, and for our world to progress further, an increase in employment for nursing is necessary. These stereotypes should not and will not stop the field of nursing from
who do not fit into its model. This becomes evident when Nurse's tactics are shown. Rather than seeking a cure for the patients and offering them the assistance they need, the nurse responds by using invasive lobotomies, electroshock therapy , and group "therapy sessions" that more closely resemble a "pecking party" to damage the masculinity of the patients under her (Kesey 27). As seen in the therapy session with Harding, the nurse aimed for his biggest insecu...
Nurses do play a role that aid their patients. Nurses perform many physical examinations, provide health counseling, administer wound care and medications, interpret patient information and make critical decisions about necessary actions. This proves nurses do have important duties, in contrast to the show, where the nurses giggle at jokes and fulfill all the doctors’ personal needs (“What Nurses
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There was seldom a mention of male and male students choosing to become nurses. Along with the belief of nursing being a career choice more female-directed, there was also the repeated mention of the career being for middle-class women (Price, 2008). Historically, women have been the dominant face of nursing and it has always been considered a suitable career for women, whereas most careers in the past would never be acceptable for a female. For some of the female students who were interviewed, this stereotype was part of a deferent to choosing nursing. They did not want to be thought of as a stereotypical women, and be casted into a mould of what most women choose (Price, Hall, Angus, & Peter, 2013). In a modern society, more and more women are wishing to push the boundaries on what use to be referred to as a male dominated territory. This is true in careers as well. Many females second guess their decision in choosing nursing due to
Male nurses face much criticism until this day just because nursing is a profession that is predominantly female. Male nurses play an important role in the history of nursing, such as Jean Henry Dunant, who won the first Nobel Peace price in 1901 for providing nursing care after the Battle of Solferino. In the film Meet the Parents, produced by Robert De Niro and Nancy Tenenbaum and directed by Jay Roach (2000), the depiction of male nurses are far from reality. The movie is about Greg (Ben Stiller) a male nurse whose future father in law thinks negatively about him being a male nurse.
There were no heroes on the psychiatric ward until McMurphy's arrival. McMurphy gave the patients courage to stand against a truncated concept of masculinity, such as Nurse Ratched. For example, Harding states, "No ones ever dared to come out and say it before, but there is not a man among us that does not think it. That doesn't feel just as you do about her, and the whole business feels it somewhere down deep in his sacred little soul." McMurphy did not only understand his friends/patients, but understood the enemy who portrayed evil, spite, and hatred. McMurphy is the only one who can stand against the Big Nurse's oppressive supreme power. Chief explains this by stating, "To beat her you don't have to whip her two out of three or three out of five, but every time you meet. As soon as you let down your guard, as sson as you loose once, she's won for good. And eventually we all got to lose. Nobody can help that." McMuprhy's struggle for hte patient's free will is a disruption to Nurse Ratched's social order. Though she holds down her guard she yet is incapable of controlling what McMurphy is incontrollable of , such as his friends well being, to the order of Nurse Ratched and the Combine.
Now in days you see more males nurses than before, in the nursing field. Having male nurses can be beneficial, but then again some people tend to refuse them. The public know male nurses as to not being productive or effective as female nurses. Others think the opposite; perhaps they have experienced a bond with male nurses. Male nurses can make certain patients feel comfortable. In some cases men are necessary when nurses need that extra physical strength. Also it may seem stereotype, but men tend to be less attractive to gossip. Men nurses tend to miss less work days than female nurses. All of these points are beneficial to the nurse field, on the other hand, there also some disadvantages for men when it comes to being a nurse. According to Rajacich D., Kane D., Williston C., Cameron S., (2013) "Men who are RNs are faced with a variety of challenges" (p.71).
The resident doctor had so much to learn, and in my opinion, he chose the wrong profession. Treating a human as an object that he can utilize for research purposes is despicable. I have not worked in a hospital, but if this is what goes on in real life, I want no parts of it. When I saw the nurse in numerous occasions advocate for the patient and her recommendations were not considered, it saddened me. As a nurse I am very passionate about what I do, and this type of working environment would affect me on a personal level, perhaps due to me being a new nurse and I still have a lot to learn. In watching this movie I would never want to mirror these doctors that showed no empathy, and poor choice of words, like when the doctor expressed to the patient he saw cancer as awesome. When speaking to my patients I will keep in mind to always use simple and easy to understand language and ensure that they are involved in their care. No matter how busy I am, I always take the time to get to know the person behind the diagnosis. I will continue to advocate for my patients, show compassion, and genuinely care for all my
Just 2.7 percent of the working nurse population in the United States are men. To understand why nursing is dominated by women, we have to examine the its history. Male nurses may belong, but there?s still not many around. According to the U.S. Labor Department statistics, "6.7 percent of registered nurses were male"(statistics). Gender discrimination in nursing exists because of prejudices male students encounter in the classroom, in the workplace and with the patients.
The stereotype of nursing being a women’s profession is still very prominent making it difficult for men to see themselves in this profession. The media often portrays nurses as several different things that create a bad image such as, incompetent, caring little about their patients, or over-sexualized. Lastly, many still would like nurses to dress in the traditional white dress finding it easy to identify the nurse from other professions and finding the white dress to be professional. With representing ourselves in a professional way, knowing our value, and just continuing the support and great care we give our patients we can change the image of nursing and get rid of these