by: Larla

Haven’t you noticed that rarely do we see a male nurse. With little boys, nursing is not a popular choice of occupation when you ask them what they want to be when they grow up.

It must be because of the perception that nursing is not an appealing career for men. In Movies or TV shows, nurses are always portrayed by women. Ads would show women as nurses and male as the patients. But now due to the shortage of nurses, maybe it’s high time that the need for men be acknowledge.

Marketing strategies and materials be formulated to entice men to try the nursing profession. Schools, Recruitment agencies and other organizations should set a goal to recruit more male nurses.

With proper advertising, networking and references, hopefully we can attract more men in the field of nursing and have more male nurses in the future.