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June 18, 2025

How gender norms shape perioperative nurse career paths

By: Kristi Van Winkle, RN ,BSN, LNC
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Before Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing in the mid-19th century, men played the crucial role of nurses on the battlefield. However, as time passed, nursing became a female-dominated profession. Men and women received the same level of training and worked together during World War I, but the men were called orderlies and paid less. It wasn't until after World War II that men began to receive equal recognition for their achievements as nursing professionals.

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