I usually get one of two reaction when people find out I'm a
nurse. It's either "Oh, you couldn't become a doctor?" Or "isn't that a weird job for a man?" Both of those piss me off.
It doesn't help that I'm an openly gay male nurse. Even worse, I'm the only one in my entire hospital. But I'm damn good at my job, charge nurse of the emergency department, and I run it like a well oiled machine. The other nurses respect me and the doctors respect me and I'm happy, for the most part. Life has kept me too busy to find a man to keep my bed warm at night, or mornings, whenever I get to sleep.
Things at the hospital have been shifting, many retirements bringing in new blood and new personalities, a change I don't think of too fondly. There's been whispers of a new trauma surgeon joining the ranks, but nothing has been confirmed or denied yet.