and hospitals are legally required to treat their patients using actual, FDA-approved medical practices/procedures.

For now.

I get where you’re coming from, and being hurt that way is completely valid.

But, your statement assumes you are the only person on the planet like that. If you’re willing put someone else before you, unless you’re completely unique, there is absolutely people out there with those exact traits, who would do the exact same for you. Obviously that’s not an easy thing to find, and I understand your cynicism.

Because male nurses are uncommon and in that specific circumstance female is the default that most people assume.