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The answer to this question totally depends on the patient. Some male patients feel strongly about having a male do their intimate care while other men feel just as strongly about having a female nurse do their intimate care.

In my experience, it doesn't seem to make a difference to a majority of patients or at least they don't bring up the subject.

I will say that there does seem to be a slightly growing percentage of male patients that will comment to me that they are glad they have a male nurse and it usually seems to be due to the anxiety that the male patient would feel if they got an erection during a procedure with a female nurse or because they have a modesty issue.

If anything, I have come to learn that everyone has baggage / hangups to one extent or another and treating everyone with dignity and respect seems to transcend gender lines and make gender less of an issue.

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Currently there are more female nurses than male nurses but the Demographics of the nursing profession has been changing and more men are entering the profession.

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