The American Assembly for Men in Nursing

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The American Assembly for Men in Nursing

• Russell E. Tranbarger ,Ed D, RN,FAAN

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Introduction

• Best Practices for Increasing Diversity in
  Nursing Education

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Topics of Discussion

• Men in Nursing
• History of men in Nursing
• AAMN
• Positions Adopted

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Men in Nursing

• 1960 1 of RNs
• 2006 6 of RNs
• 25 of Army Nurse Corps are men
• Men enrolled in nursing
• Excelsior College (40)

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Men in Nursing

• Schools of nursing have few male faculty to role
  model/mentor students
• Of 503 schools responding 3.0 of all
  deans/program directors are male.
• Of 548 schools reporting 5.2 of all faculty
  are male. (AACN, 2004)

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Men in Nursing

• 1 reason men pursue nursing careerdesire to
  help people.

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History of Men in Nursing

• First formal school of nursing was founded in
  India in 250 B.C.E.
• Catholic Church identifies 8 Saints for nurses4
  women,4 men
• Men served as nurses for both Union and
  Confederate Armies
• Eight schools of nursing for men existed in US
  other schools had special sections for men

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History of Men in Nursing

• L. Bissell Sanford Mills School of Nursing, NY
  First man to become a Registered Nurse (1905)
• Lawrence Sumler, Mills School of Nursing, NY
  first African-American man to become Registered
  Nurse (1942)

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History of Men in Nursing

• Joseph Barry, Mills School of Nursing, NY first
  man elected to Office in National Student Nurses
  Association (1954)
• Edward Lyon, first man commissioned Reserve
  Officer in Army Nurse Corps (1955)

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History of Men in Nursing

• William Bester, First man nurse promoted to Brig.
  General, Chief, Army Nurse Corps (2001)
• Bester was also first nurse appointed Commanding
  Officer of Military Hospital (Ft. Jackson, SC)

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History of Men in Nursing

• Two men nurses, both nurse anesthetists, were
  killed in Viet Nam and are listed on the Wall
  Memorial Nursing recognizes only the 8 women
  killed there.
• 3,000 men nurses were drafted in 1966 for service
  during the Viet Nam War.

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History of Men in Nursing

• Men could not serve as nurses in the military
  until 1957 allowed regular army status in 1965.
• ANA allowed men to join in 1930 in 1940 ANA
  created a men nurses section

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AAMN Officers

• President
• Jim Raper, DSN, CFNP, JD
• Birmingham, AL
• Vice-president
• Keith Douglass, RN, ADN, BA
• Richmond, VA
• Secretary
• Chad OLynn, RN, PhD
• Missoula, MT
• Treasurer
• Keith Douglas (Interim)

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AAMN Board

• Immediate Past President
• Russell E. Tranbarger, EdD, RN, FAAN
• Robersonville, NC
• Chairman of the Board
• Luther Christman, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Chapel Hill, TN

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AAMN Board

• Bill Grau, RN, MS, CNAA Winterville, NC
• Kevin Hook, RN, BSN, MA Indianapolis, IN
• Susan LaRocco, PhD, MS, RN Charlestown, MA
• Demetrius Porche, DNS, RN, CS, FNP New
  Orleans, LA
• Robert Woodcock, MA, MDiv, MSN Rocky Hill, CT
• Phil Julian, RN, MSN Goldsboro, NC

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American Assembly for Men in Nursing

• National Male Nurses Association formed in 1974
• Reorganized as AAMN 1981
• Major purpose recruit more young men to nursing
• 1990 caucus group for discussion of issues,
  mentoring and unification of Nursing

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Mission

• 2004 adoption of current mission statement
• The primary mission of AAMN is to be the
  acknowledged national organization for men in
  nursing which influences national policy,
  research, and education about men in nursing and
  mens health issues.

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Purpose of AAMN

• The purpose of AAMN is to provide a framework for
  nurses, as a group, to meet, discuss, and
  influence factors which affect men as nurses.

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Objectives

• Encourage men of all ages to become nurses and
  join together with all nurses in strengthening
  and humanizing health care
• Support men who are nurses to grow professionally
  and demonstrate to each other and to society the
  increasing contributions made by men within the
  nursing profession

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Objectives Continued

• Advocate for continued research, education, and
  dissemination of information about mens health
  issues, men in nursing, and nursing knowledge at
  the local and national levels

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Objectives (Continued)

• Support members full participation in the nursing
  profession and its organizations, and use this
  Assembly for the limited objectives stated above

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Activities of AAMN

• Annual Conference
• Interaction
• Discussion Forum
• Awards
• Foundation
• Scholarships
• Website
• Career Encounters Men in Nursing video

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Activities of AAMN

• Breakthrough survey partners
• Bernard Hodes Group WWW.hodes.com
• California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare
• Coalition for Nursing Careers in California
• American Assembly for Men in Nursing www.aamn.org

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Annual Conference

• Alternating themes
• Issues of gender
• Mens health
• Presentation of research
• Networking
• Social interaction
• Female experience of minority status

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Annual Conference

• 2006 AAMN Conference Information
• 31st Annual Conference of the American Assembly
  for Men in Nursing
• Men in Nursing 
• Leading Men to Healthier Lives
• October 20-21, 2006
• Portland, Oregon
• Hosted by
• University of Portland School of Nursing
• Edward Thompson, Keynote Speaker

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Mens Health

• Men's Health Issues
• AAMN is always looking for great websites to link
  to related to Men's Health Issues.  If you know
  of more resources on Men's Health, send them to
  Robert Woodcock below.

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Mens Health

• The Mens Health Network website is committed to
  improving the health and wellness of men. It
  includes a resource center providing many links
  to internet sites of interest to men.

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Mens Health

• The American Journal of Mens Health is a
  forthcoming informative and timely publication
  which will be available in January of 2007
  exploring a broad spectrum of men's health issues
  and gender related studies.

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Mens Health

• The European Mens Health Forum lists more than
  35 websites in one place in the following
  categories
• International Resources for Mens Health
• UK Resources
•  European Resources
•  USA Resources

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Resources for Men in Nursing

• Discover Nursing
• Do you know a Nurse? (good children's book)
• Featured Stories about Men in Nursing (from
  MinorityNurse.com)
• History of Nursing Museum

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Resources

• CAREER ENCOUNTERS Men in Nursing Video  (DVD
  or VHS)
• Luther Christman A Maverick NurseA Nursing
  Legend (Book)

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Resources

• INTERNATIONAL Family Nursing Conference (Brochure
  in PDF)
• National Student Nurses Association
• The American Mens Studies Association
• The Center for Nursing Advocacy

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Nursing Career Center

• This area was constructed to help connect our
  members with new employment opportunities. Use
  the links below to guide you as you begin your
  job search. Employers and recruiters You now
  have access to our specialized niche. Browse our
  resumes or post your employment opportunity.

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Interaction

• Official newsletter of AAMN
• Published four times a year
• Issue 1 1982
• Available to AAMN members online

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Discussion Forum

• Established in 198
• Moved to AAMN website in 2004
• Provides a forum for individuals to explore
  issues and seek advice
• Forum is monitored by Board members
• Issues vary from student uniforms to choosing a
  school, dealing with faculty, peer family
  issues, etc.

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Awards

• Lee Cohen Member of the Year
• Luther Christman Award
• Best School of Nursing for Men
• Best Worksite for Men Nurses

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Best School of Nursing for Men

• 2004 East Carolina University
• 2005 University of Texas at Austin

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Best Worksite for Men in Nursing

• 2006 Pitt County Memorial Hospital, University
  Health Systems

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Luther Christman Award

• Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States
• Vernice Ferguson
• The Alexian Brothers
• Virginia Henderson
• Tim Porter-OGrady
• Eleanor J. Sullivan
• William Bester

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Foundation

• Formed in 2000
• Offered 10 scholarships in 2005
• Society of Luther Christman Fellows created in
  2004
• When fully endowed Foundation will offer small
  research grants in mens health and scholarships
  for men

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Scholarships

• Grant from Johnson Johnson provided 10,000.
• 5 undergraduate scholarships of 1,000 each
• 5 graduate scholarships of 1,000 each offered.
• Over 150 completed applications received

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Website

• AAMN _at_aamn.org
• History
• Objectives
• Officers
• Interaction
• Job availability
• Forum

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Men in Nursing video

• Davis.Gray, Inc.
• Career Encounters Men in Nursing, 2006
• Stories of men in nursing in their own words
• Currently seeking funds to provide video to all
  Middle and High School guidance counselors

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Positions adopted

• Gender equality in nursing education (1983)
• Opposition to Registered Care Technician (RCT)
  and other categories of assistive workers (1989)
• HIV in the health care setting (1992)

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Positions adopted

• Cooperation between ANA and AAMN (1994)
• Clinical assignments for male nursing students
  (1994)
• Use of gender neutral language in the nursing
  literature (1996)

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Summary

• AAMN is only nursing organization that advocates
  for mens health issues
• AAMN is 33 years old
• Provides opportunity for men and women to discuss
  issues about nursing, men in nursing, and mens
  health

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Summary

• AAMN is the nursing organization that speaks for
  men in nursing
• Nursing needs to recruit and retain more nurses,
  including MEN to meet the health care needs of
  the people of the United States.
• AAMN is working to help achieve that goal.

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Conclusion

• The intent has not been to make the nursing
  profession masculine, but rather to admit that
  there is a place for a masculine character in a
  predominantly feminine profession.
• Br. Maurice Wilson, C.F.A. Director, Alexian
  Brothers school of nursing 1953-1969

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Class of 1959
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Discussion Forum

• Posted Sat Feb 19, 2005 127 am
• I do have a question for male nurses. Do you
  prefer the term RN or nurse? Does it matter? Do
  you think there is a connotation with 'nurse'
  that in itself might prevent males from entering
  the field? Would a different career name affect
  this? Just curious what your thoughts are.
• RN vs. "Nurse"

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Discussion Forum

• Posted Wed May 31, 2006 844 pm
• Howdy! I'm in the Lone Star state looking to make
  a career transition into Nursing after about 30
  years in IT (yes, I"ve "been around the block")
  in the banking / finance corporate world.
  Looking for guidance, pointers, do's don'ts,
  etc. on how I get started in finding out the
  right educational path (I already have a
  Associate degree but in compute science), etc. I
  also heard that certain medical companies might
  even offer financial assistance w/ the education
  part--with a commitment of some sort. What say
  ye?

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Discussion Forum

• Posted Thu Sep 07, 2006 1236 am
• On 9 August 1955, President Eisenhower signed
  into law, H.R. 2559, which authorized reserve
  commissions in the Army Nurse Corps for male RNs.
  Eleven years later, 30 SEP 1966, Public Law
  89-609 authorized regular commissions for male
  RNs into the Army Nurse Corps. Both dates are
  very important to me since I was first reserve
  commissioned ANC officer in 2003 and this past
  March accepted regular commission into the ANC.

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Discussion Forum

• Posted Fri Sep 08, 2006 354 am
• I am new to AAMN and enjoying the postings. I
  also am new to the nursing field, since I've been
  admitted to nursing school to start in the fall
  of 2007. Re recruiting, I'd appreciate advice on
  how to interest my teenage son in considering
  nursing when he graduates from high school. As I
  learn more about the profession, I think it fits
  him, since he's very caring, great with people, a
  good listener, hates to be bored, likes to be
  active, etc. Thanks in advance for your advice.
  Excited about nursing and being a mom.