男性从事护理工作的情况如今已不足为奇。在美国,1972年和1977年之间男性注册护士人数增加了一倍,目前拥有男护士近3万人,占全美护士总数的3%弱,从发展趋势看,数量还将继续增长。事实上护士工作并非从来就是纯属女性的职业,从早期基督教时代到本世纪初总的情况看,护理病人的工作有50%以上是由男性承担的,13世纪时创建了一些以护理病人和殡葬死者为其唯一宗旨的男修道士修会,其中阿历克辛修会曾于1866年在兰加哥建立一所医院,该医院的护理工作全由男性护士担任,直至 It is not surprising that men are engaged in nursing work. In the United States, the number of registered nurses for men doubled between 1972 and 1977. Currently, there are nearly 30,000 male nurses, accounting for 3% of the total number of nurses in the United States. From the development trend, the number will continue to increase. In fact, the work of nurses is not always a purely female career. From the early Christian era to the general situation at the beginning of this century, more than 50% of the work of nursing patients was undertaken by men. In the 13th century, some people were created to care for patients and The funeral deceased was the sole purpose of the friars, and the Al-Xinshin Society had established a hospital in Lancago in 1866. The nursing work of the hospital was performed by male nurses until