&gt; <i>There is a gender gap even within specific nursing professions but it&#x27;s not nearly as extreme as that.</i><p>Only ~10% of registered nurses in the United States are men[1].<p>&gt; According to the Census Bureau, men made up about 9 percent of registered nurses in 2011, roughly a three-fold increase from 1970.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;releases&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;cb13-32_men_in_nursing_occupations.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;releases&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;cb13-32_men_in_...</a>