This issue raises some very interesting questions. First, because men are a minority in Nursing, is it justifiable for them to earn more than those, who as a group, dominate the profession?
Or, is parity genuinely or truly parity?
Should men and women earn the same amount of money if they do the exact same kind of work?
Or, are there accountable differences in the pay which justify the difference, however slight – and is very slight.
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Male Nurses Make More Money
- February 25, 2013, 1:17 PM
ByBen Casselman
Men now comprise 10% of all Nurses in the United States, up from 3% several years ago. / Getty Images
Hospital patients are more likely than ever to see a male nurse at their bedside — and odds are he earns more than the female nurse down the hall. Men made up close to 10% of all registered nurses in 2011, according to a new Census report released today. That may not sound like much, but it’s up from less than 3% in 1970 and less than 8% in 2000.
It’s no mystery what is drawing men into nursing. Male-dominated professions such as construction and manufacturing hemorrhaged jobs during the recession and have been slow to rebound during the recovery. The health-care sector, meanwhile, actually added jobs during the recession and has continued to grow since. All told, health-care employment is up by Read the rest of this entry »
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