50 Best Blogs for Male Nurses

October 26th, 2009

Male nurses may be in a minority field, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t resources and portals of communication available for them to share information, rant about work and connect over their own specific experiences. Check out our list of 50 of the best blogs for males nurses to learn about new specialties, nursing school, and the stories experienced by other nurses like them.

Male Nurses

These blogs are written by male nurses and will help you feel like you’re part of the club, even if you’re in the minority in your department.

1. St. Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst – Male Nurses: Peter McCartney blogs about male nursing and life in Australia.
2. The Angry Nurse: Angry Nurse discusses "the things that one should not [talk about] in polite company."
3. New Life Changes: Medic Matthew talks about working with nurses, doctors and other people who don’t give him enough credit.
4. Licensed to Ill: This former "angry male nurse" analyzes shocking medical stories and more.
5. Male Nurse Jibber Jabber: Listen to the rants and ramblings of this male nurse for funny, realistic depictions of the field.
6. The Intensive Art: Nurse Sean is an ICU nurse who shares Twitter updates and blog posts.
7. Disappearing John RN: Disappearing John used to weigh 500 pounds. Now, he’s a full-time RN who’s lost 200 pounds.
8. Weird Nursing Tales: "Tex" has been an RN for 17 years and now works in North Carolina.
9. Impacted Nurse: Ian has major sex appeal and minimal dance ability, not to mention 23 years of experience working in the ER.
10. Nursing Around: This nurse was once the first male nurse in the local gynecological ward.
11. Macho Nurse: The Macho Nurse writes lengthy posts each month describing his work in the medical field.
12. Nurse William: Nurse William is a "conservative alpha-male" who blogs about nursing and medicine from the Pacific Northwest.
13. Grumpy RN: Grumpy RN has worked for the NHS "for over a quarter of a century."

Student Nursing and New Nurses

Student nurses and nurses just starting out can commiserate on these blogs.

14. Call Bells Make Me Nervous: This "shiny new nurse" blogs about medical education and more.
15. New Nurse Insanity: This very young nurse shares chilling stories from working at the local ED.
16. Hope2BRN: This blog comes from a married mother of two, but her posts about nursing school are relevant to any student.
17. EDNurseasauras: This blog is written by "the world’s oldest diploma nurse and BSN undergraduate."
18. Wounded Healer: Wounded Healer is written by a "retired web geek" who’s gone back to school to become a nurse.
19. WardBunny’s Coffee Break: Read this blog from a twenty-something student nurse for rants and funny stories about the field.
20. The Angry Medic: Read this humorous blog for stories about going to school at Cambridge to become a medic.

Medical News

Check these blogs for medical news, research findings and other articles that will give you an edge at work.

21. WSJ Health Blog: Get the latest on medical news and research from the WSJ Health Blog.
22. Women’s Health News: Here you can read stories about women’s health research, women’s health in media and pop culture, and more.
23. The Health Care Blog: Read The Health Care Blog to get the truthful answers to all the tricky questions you were too afraid to ask.
24. Medlogs.com: This site operates as a news aggregator for all the medical news stories of the day.
25. Weird Medical News: Check this blog before heading into work so that you have crazy medical stories to share with your co-workers.
26. A Better Life: A Better Life is USA Today’s medical news blog.
27. Schwitzer health news blog: Gary Schwitzer of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication blogs about the business of health care and how it is portrayed in the media.
28. White Coat Notes: Boston doctors and nurses share news from the field through this Boston.com blog.
29. Paging Dr. Gupta: CNN’s Dr. Gupta breaks down the top medical news stories and makes them accessible for everyone.
30. Well Blog: The New York Times’ health blog tackles everything about living a healthy life.

Nursing Resources

These nurse blogs are full of news, resources and support.

31. Codeblog – tales of a nurse: Read about all of the crazy, wonderful, exciting things that go on in hospitals and medical care facilities.
32. About a Nurse: Learn about new networks, teaching trends and more in nursing.
33. Head Nurse: This blog is full of mini tutorials and explanations of anatomy.
34. Receiving: Receiving is a blog, forum and educational resource for learning what it’s like to work in an emergency room.
35. Mental Nurse: This blog is written by a group of nurses who want to educate others about mental health nursing.
36. Nursing Ideas: The purpose of this blog is to facilitate the spread of information about nursing education and nursing research.
37. Not Nurse Ratched: This blog is named in response to the popular Nurse Ratched site, but it also has its own stock of resources and tips on nursing, productivity and more.
38. Diethack: Diethack is written by a med student who wants to share healthy living tips.
39. Clinical Cases and Images: In addition to blogging, this author has collected resources on pulmonology, neurology, cardiology and more.
40. Nursing Jobs Blog: This blog comments on the nursing industry and has information for job seekers.

Niche Nurses

Learn about specific nurse fields like travel nursing, ER nursing and oncology nursing when you read these blogs.

41. ER Nursey: Commiserate with this nurse if you work in the ER.
42. Livin’ Large: This former businesswoman went back to school and became a nurse in the OR.
43. The Nurse Practitioner’s Place: Nurse Practitioners can read this blog for professional news and more.
44. madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: This funny blogger shares what it’s like to work in the madness of an ER.
45. LPN with an M16: If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work as an army nurse, read this blog.
46. Rehab RN: Discover the culture of rehab nursing after you read this blog.
47. PixelRN: This blogger is a mom and RN who likes to comment on national health news issues and everyday nursing stories.
48. At Your Cervix: Find out what it’s like to work in the delivery unit of a hospital.
49. ONCRN: This blog is all about oncology nursing.
50. Travel Nursing Blogs: Explore the field of travel nursing when you visit this site.

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