The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 28, 1977, Page Page 2, Image 2
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
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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
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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
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entering Carolina and It p
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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*
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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.
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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."
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