FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Adam Wiltison worked at a variety of blue-collar jobs to earn his living before he entered the nursing program at Frederick Community College this past year. Wiltison, 24, was a ...
In a field where women outnumber men by a 16-to-1 ratio nationally, a group of University of Minnesota male nursing students have come together this semester for some male bonding and to increase ...
Only 12% of the nurses providing patient care at hospitals and health clinics today are men. Although the percentage of nurses has increased — men made up just 2.7% of nurses in 1970 — nursing is ...
Nursing is about providing care, alleviating pain and compassionately and professionally helping people navigate stressful health situations. There’s nothing gendered about this job description. Yet, ...
Jake Creviston, a nurse practitioner, has been repeatedly mistaken for a doctor. Adam White says the veterans he cares for as a student nurse at the VA hospital feel comfortable around him because ...
The nursing workforce is in crisis, and hospitals throughout the U.S. are looking for creative ways to attract more nurses today and beef up their talent pipelines so there will be a steady stream of ...
Every 4 years, when the population of registered nurses in the United States is surveyed, we are rewarded with a snapshot of the nursing workforce -- who they are and where they work. Naturally, this ...
The days of referring to a nurse who happens to be a man as a “male nurse” have come and gone. They’re simply nurses. After all, we don’t differentiate our attorneys, bus drivers and fast-food workers ...
“I’m sort of an adrenaline junkie, but it’s also the satisfaction of being able to help people, like when you have someone come in who’s overdosed and you treat them and see them turn around just like ...