Blog Posts on non traditional occupations

10 Incredibly Cool Nursing Jobs You Didn’t Know Existed by Career | Male Nurse on Jan 31, 2011original article written by Kitty Holman for the Nursingschools.net blog...Here are some of the coolest, most cutting edge, fulfilling and interesting ways to use your nursing degree, many of which you might not have ever even considered as a career...

Changing the stereotype: Men in nursing by Career | Male Nurse on Mar 26, 2010By Alyssa Rossomme (arossomme@wsbt.com)WSBT.comTwo or three decades ago, nursing was a popular career choice for women. In time, it became a female-dominated field. These days, however, the number of men in the profession is increasing.Wayne Dockery...

Women are still doing jobs men don't want by Career | Male Nurse on Mar 8, 2010By George PitcherSource: telegraph.co.ukSexism has returned – but not in the way the martinets of new feminism say it has, argues George Pitcher.Today is International Women's Day. I know, your heart sinks, doesn't it? But this isn't one of those f...

Breaking down stereotypes the key for male nurses by Career | Male Nurse on Feb 17, 2010Written by Dave MabellSource: Lethbridge HeraldWomen as bishops? Jamaicans as bobsledders?Neither group seems to be facing as many stereotypes as men becoming nurses.That’s the report from Peter Kellett, a health sciences instructor at the Universi...

Engendering the Professional Debate: Men and Women in Nursing and Engineering by Career | Male Nurse on Nov 20, 2009by Raghu Godavarthi Think of a nurse and the typical images are of Florence Nightingale and Linda Richards. Think engineer, and the corresponding image would be of a Thomas Edison, or a Robert Fulton. Josephine Cochran, inventor of the mechanical d...

Hot Careers in Nursing by Career | Male Nurse on May 1, 2009Hot Careers in NursingNursing Career Information for the Non-Traditional NurseBy Jacqui TomNursing career opportunities are greater and more varied than ever before, and the demand for qualified nurses has never been higher. As the health care field...

Male Nurse Defies Stereotypes by Career | Male Nurse on Apr 8, 2009Posted by Cindy Atoji Keene in Boston.comAs a male nurse, Robert Connelly admits he’s had his share of embarrassing situations, like the occasional female patient who doesn’t know how to put a hospital johnnie on correctly (the opening is in the...

Male Nurse Defies Stereotypes by Career | Male Nurse on Apr 8, 2009Posted by Cindy Atoji Keene in Boston.comAs a male nurse, Robert Connelly admits he’s had his share of embarrassing situations, like the occasional female patient who doesn’t know how to put a hospital johnnie on correctly (the opening is in the...

Male Nurses Move Beyond Stereotypes by Career | Male Nurse on Mar 30, 2009By Rachel LappEven in the midst of the counter-cultural 1960s, those who encouraged Mervin Helmuth in his vocational path must have known he was something of a pioneer. When Helmuth entered nursing school after completing a term in alternative servic...

Male Nurses Move Beyond Stereotypes by Career | Male Nurse on Mar 30, 2009By Rachel LappEven in the midst of the counter-cultural 1960s, those who encouraged Mervin Helmuth in his vocational path must have known he was something of a pioneer. When Helmuth entered nursing school after completing a term in alternative servic...