Shawn Brodess joked, “Yes, in nursing school I felt like I had to be more than a woman. As if I had to prove myself. I had to sign up for every task that was considered a female role. Most men will attend nursing school with the challenges ahead of them in mind. During the clinic, a patient may not prefer a nursing student. When I was in clinic for my nursing assistant, we were in groups of three. Our group had the only man in the class. Our first patient was a dementia patient. We all came in and introduced ourselves. The patient looked at the man and asked, "So, you're a pervert or something." Wanting to take care of old women. The boy's face was bright red and he never came back to school after