Teng Fei (R), a nurse of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, guides relatives of a patient to clinic rooms in the hospital in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2013. Male nurses in China are scarce, whose number accounts for merely one percentage of the total nurses in the country. Many people attribute the scarcity to society's view point that nursing is a women's job. Women are seen as more careful and patient than men, but, in general, male nurses are physically stronger or more energetic than women. They are particularly needed in Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals and so on. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Wu Wei (L), a nurse of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, measures blood pressure for a patient in the hospital in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2013. Male nurses in China are scarce, whose number accounts for merely one percentage of the total nurses in the country. Many people attribute the scarcity to society's view point that nursing is a women's job. Women are seen as more careful and patient than men, but, in general, male nurses are physically stronger or more energetic than women. They are particularly needed in Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals and so on. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Li Weixing, a nurse of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, takes care of a patient at the Intensive Care Unit in the hospital in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2013. Male nurses in China are scarce, whose number accounts for merely one percentage of the total nurses in the country. Many people attribute the scarcity to society's view point that nursing is a women's job. Women are seen as more careful and patient than men, but, in general, male nurses are physically stronger or more energetic than women. They are particularly needed in Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals and so on. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Li Weixing, a nurse of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, takes care of a patient at the Intensive Care Unit in the hospital in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2013. Male nurses in China are scarce, whose number accounts for merely one percentage of the total nurses in the country. Many people attribute the scarcity to society's view point that nursing is a women's job. Women are seen as more careful and patient than men, but, in general, male nurses are physically stronger or more energetic than women. They are particularly needed in Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals and so on. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Zhou Siheng (C) and Wang Chenyu (R), who are nurses of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, take care of a patient in the hospital in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2013. Male nurses in China are scarce, whose number accounts for merely one percentage of the total nurses in the country. Many people attribute the scarcity to society's view point that nursing is a women's job. Women are seen as more careful and patient than men, but, in general, male nurses are physically stronger or more energetic than women. They are particularly needed in Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals and so on. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Wu Wei (L), a nurse of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, washes hair for a patient in the hospital in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2013. Male nurses in China are scarce, whose number accounts for merely one percentage of the total nurses in the country. Many people attribute the scarcity to society's view point that nursing is a women's job. Women are seen as more careful and patient than men, but, in general, male nurses are physically stronger or more energetic than women. They are particularly needed in Intensive Care Units, emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals and so on. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)