By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-12 21:33:41 | Updated at 2024-12-23 12:35:08
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The Hot New Job for Men: Nursing
Wall Street Journal via MSN ^ | 12/10/2024 | Harriet Torry
Posted on 12/12/2024 1:23:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Brandon Holcombe went straight from high school to working as a welder in northern Georgia, but it wasn’t for him.
Holcombe worried that the field was being automated away by robots, and besides, he wanted something with more problem-solving skills. Now, a decade later and at 28 years old, Holcombe is a long way from welding, studying at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to become a registered nurse.
“Each day brings new learning opportunities,” Holcombe said.
The number of men in the U.S. with the job of registered nurse has nearly tripled since the early 2000s. Many come to the field after working in the military or in jobs, such as paramedics or firefighters, that exposed them to the work of nurses.
“What I hear a lot from female students is, ‘I’ve always wanted to be a nurse, I like helping people,’ where the men tend to look more at job security and job stability,” said Jason Mott, president of the American Association for Men in Nursing.
Many of the manufacturing jobs that are being moved overseas, replaced by automation or phased out of the American economy were mostly filled by men. As a result, other occupations traditionally dominated by women are now gaining a larger share of men, including elementary and middle-school teachers and customer-service representatives.
Still, nursing is a relative outperformer in the proportion of men joining what has long been considered a “pink collar” sector. The number of male registered nurses has increased from about 140,000 in 2000 to about 400,000 in 2023. This means that about 14% of nurses are now men, up from about 9% roughly two decades ago.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: jobs; nursing; profession
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1 posted on 12/12/2024 1:23:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Has little to do with woke- nursing jobs are desperately needed in many areas of this country as the number of nurses who retired far outnumbered those getting into the field.
2 posted on 12/12/2024 1:24:48 PM PST by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: SeekAndFind
Nursing is a good occupation for those who cannot qualify themselves as doctors.
Often tons of overtime as well. There are nurses who make over $200,000, because they take all the over time they can.
3 posted on 12/12/2024 1:25:23 PM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
To: SeekAndFind
There are always jobs for nurses and the pay is very good. Yes long hours and hard work and difficult situations, but that’s why you earn the high pay.
I wish we celebrated nurses the way the Left celebrates teachers in our failed government schools.
4 posted on 12/12/2024 1:25:51 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: SeekAndFind
What about “nursing assistants”? People be employed by long term care facilities to take care of the patients.
6 posted on 12/12/2024 1:26:18 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: SeekAndFind
As long as they work on their pandemic dance skills.
To: Jonty30
“ Nursing is a good occupation for those who cannot qualify themselves as doctors.”
What a nice thing to say.
9 posted on 12/12/2024 1:32:05 PM PST by stanne
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