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By LARRY HAM Special to The Gamecock A male nurse may seem unusual to some people, bi USC College of Nursing hi another student. MALE STUDENT NUR! a common sight at USC a been since the first male 11 years ago. Today then men and about 1,000 won: sing students, a ratio of atx Being in the minority bother senior nursing Steve Windham. "I've ne any problems in nursing. I friendly and make friem easily," he said. "Besides, with some of the girls." Windham said he we nursing because he wanted in anesthesia, and he has been interested in the profession. Windham said the ins and female students are r to male students. "Sev< structors have commented that they are glad more m interested in nursing, ar seem to think that I will b good nurse. Besides, I alw, my female peers. We together sometimes." DONNA MOSS, rhairma two-year Technical T program, said men are < the program and staying, past when men wanted to anesthesia, they enrolled program because it w quickest route," she said. ' the past two years they ha staying in the program, interested in things like p? <tnu wuiMiig ui ine ein room of hospitals." The nursing program draws men from all walk and discounts the stereotype." "We have now in our rvogram a n was a drill sareeant fnr 18 Moss said. "Men are co because they care for pec Carve Dr?Mi?+ T i>1. IWU3I I Ul IVO) nights dui Ca| Roast Tui j served wil mashed p coffee or | Da IXUUOI DC served wi1 salad, roll punch Both lfNIVKftaiTY dinino 9n\ "THK PKOIH.K PLKASKItl Moss said r have a proble they first star i a little "Their first s< it at the may feel a lit e is just said, "but there classes with th problem at all. 5ES are assume leaders nd have enrolled MEN ENROL i are 53 are given an e< ten nur- excell. "Ever) >ut 20:1. males now, the doesn't Moss said. "On< student outstanding sti ver had that he now wo 'm very room at a local rlc All IICP ?... uo vti jr nn uuv/ 11 in I go out required to spe: local hospitals nt into training. There to work jections to the i always female patienti health Moss said. The same duties tractors students, with eceptive ception of such eral in- female patients d to me ales are The attritior id most students is ab e a very females, and tl ays help had a very | study results. "There failures," Moss n of the ^JursinP Tht OAMECC xursing newspaper o? ttw entering Carolina and It p "In the on Monday and Tt ??n into and ,prln9 * "**' ? "iiu on Thurtday durir in this with ttva excepts as the AMflust and on 'But for ???* h0"d ' ve oeen Thpv'rp Opinion* exprei fliatrics *r*,ho" 0< ,h* " JUldiriCS Ih, University of ergency The University i at USC <K,U" opportun,,? :s of life Ch?n?e ol addn request* end o1 .V j should be sent enrolled Drawer a, use, lan W&O Subscription rate years " *nd " h>r ^ t0 ming in Third cuss posi >ple." sc irl Or * V4 ivy WI r & Roast Beef o *ing the dinner n pstone Cafeteria rkey Dinru h dressing, toss< otatoes, roll & o punch ?r ef Dinner h baked potato, & oleo, tea, cofi i for $1. Capstone 1 Mon-Fri, L 11-2, I mcm Sot. 10-1 i" nales don't really Dr. m adjusting when direcU t out in nursing. progn imester here they nursin; tie different," she "moth i are other males in "This em, so there is no trainin In fact, they often ;hip roles." PAR surpris .LED IN NURSING assum }ual opportunity to nursini 'thing is open to becaus same as females," thems* ? mnlo \iroc enoV* on u iuuiv "Mkj ouvii ail ident in maternity "It's rks in the delivery Point,' I hospital." preside sing students are Associ nd time working in man." as part of their have been no ob- Ther nale students from male 5 in the hospitals, Parsor males perform the now in as the female future the obvious ex- nursinj i things as bathing there i she said. nzmi i rate for male I out the same as I he mpn hnvA alcn 9 good state board have been very few said. ICK It fha student I ( k I ?sl Cn..4K I ubiished twice weekly tursday during the (all iter* and once weekly ig both summer terms ons of four times In University of South ys and examination ised in The Gamecock litors and not those of South Carolina. 5 of South Carolina is an 1 institution. its (ormi, subscription Iher correspondence to The Gamecock, fVI Columbia, S.C., 29204. I j s are M per semester JL mmer sessions. j lege paid at Columbia, ^ ?J I? der n alternate neal at j i j ?r ad salad, leo, tea, tossed fee, or An yy Cafeteria B 7-10, i 0 5-630 , Brunch '# m / Mary Anne Parsons is the >r qf the four-year Nursing sift at USC. She thinks g has been seen as a ering" role in the past. was a result of cultural g" SONS DOESN'T FIND it ring that many males are ing leadership roles in g. "Minorities try harder ;e they are trying to prove ilves." ; like the females at Woal " she continued. "A pasl ent of the Student Nursing ation here at USC was a e has been an increase in enrollment each year in i's program and 45 students it are male. She thinks th looks bright for men in g. "The job market says are jobs in nursing." HEII SA1 'STONE A ONIGHT RI &> SA1 w I fc WITH PURC THUR - ra Across from t Arton* Morgan-THB Jim Quinlan, a seni of USC's male nursin VEKEI i - mnuA Y BRA ?ani I s 'CONNI 1 s 4STON] E? 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