Why are most nurses female?

Especially when you consider that male nurses are marginally better paid and proportionally more likely to be in senior posts than their female colleagues. But despite this, the number of men entering the profession has hardly grown in recent years. read more

Modern nursing was created by Florence Nightingale in 1855 during the Crimean War. Her efforts saved thousands and changed the view of nurses forever. Women have made up the majority of the field since. People attribute the phenomena to the most basic gender traits. Nurturing is more commonly a trait of the female gender. read more

Here is a thread you may want to read to see the varying opinions about women being the majority in nursing. Apparently, many feel the cattiness and back-stabbing nature of the profession is directly-attributable to the majority of nurses being female. read more

Nursing tends to have a larger ratio of women to mean in this line of work, due to the fact that women are well known for being empathetic, caring, nurturing, and most of all, much more feeling orientated than what men are. read more