Male nurses in East Lancashire helping to challenge gender stereotypes
‘My Daddy is a Nurse’ defies the assumption that all nurses are women by showcasing men working within the traditionally female-centric profession.
The book marks the beginning of International Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020, a year-long celebration of NHS nurses and midwives during Florence Nightingale’s bicentennial year.
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Hide AdChristine Pearson, director of Nursing at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “We are committed to overturning the long-standing stereotypes that have historically deterred men from considering a career in nursing. It’s a stimulating, rewarding, highly purposeful job.
"Anyone who likes working with people, in teams, away from the desk, applying their specialist nursing knowledge in a job where no two days are the same should definitely consider nursing. My Daddy Is A Nurse provokes much needed discussion and recast a tired narrative that has – for too long – positioned women exclusively for such jobs.
Following his mother, sister and aunt into a nursing career, nurse endoscopist Myles Daley was inspired by the nursing care he received as a child to follow his mother, sister and aunt into nursing.
He said: “If it wasn’t for the caring, compassionate and kind nurses, doctors, family members, friends and past colleagues I would not be where I am today or possibly be alive."
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Hide AdCharge nurse Dragos Carcel found his nurse calling after previous jobs as an IT specialist and male model.
He said: “For me personally, My Daddy Is A Nurse challenges those perceptions about nursing that I encountered and I’m confident the book will go a long way to help transform the typical view of nursing and encourage more males to consider becoming a nurse.”
Staff nurse Darren Stokes works in Surgery and Anaesthetics at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and encourages more men to consider a nursing career.
“Go for it because life soon passes by. The potential to make a difference in someone’s life is enormous," he said.