Male + Nurse = Murse

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Hello everyone. I was wanting to get all of your perceptions on the word MURSE. All of my high school friends and life-long friends always refer to me as a murse. This does not offend me in anyway, shape or form. I have; however, encountered some nurses that think this term is negative. Can I get your feedback?

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Specializes in Critical Care.
Hello everyone. I was wanting to get all of your eprceptions on the word MURSE. All of my high school friends and life-long friends always refer to me as a murse. This does not offend me in anyway, shape or form. I have; however, encountered some nurses that think this term is negative. Can I get your feedback?

It's silly and completely unnecessary.

I'm comfortable enough about who I am to not need to make up new terms to justify my existence.

Not trying to be confrontational. That's just my straight shot feel about it.

~faith,

Timothy.

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Specializes in Telemetry, OR, ICU.
It's silly and completely unnecessary.

I'm comfortable enough about who I am to not need to make up new terms to justify my existence.

Not trying to be confrontational. That's just my straight shot feel about it.

~faith,

Timothy.

Timothy, I agree 100% with you!

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

I'm not male. But, I totally agree with the above.

Silly.

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Does that mean WOman+nuRSE= WORSE, Thats the first thing that popped into my head anyways. LOL, I agree just silly.

Brandy

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Specializes in Telemetry, OR, ICU.
Does that mean WOman+nuRSE= WORSE, Thats the first thing that popped into my head anyways. LOL, I agree just silly.

Brandy

:lol2:

Brandy, you are too funny, LOL.

:rotfl:

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

LOL Brandy.

If my friends called me a "murse" in good fun, as a pet name, or nickname that would be o.k. because they are my friends. They call me worse.

But professionally speaking, no I don't want to be referred to as a murse.

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Specializes in Telemetry, OR, ICU.
LOL Brandy.

If my friends called me a "murse" in good fun, as a pet name, or nickname that would be o.k. because they are my friends. They call me worse.

But professionally speaking, no I don't want to be referred to as a murse.

LOL Tweety, I think I'll pass on any pet names regards to my nursing profession. My wife is the only person that ... oh never mind.

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Specializes in ER/Trauma.

Nurse works just fine for me :)

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Specializes in Critical Care.
It's silly and completely unnecessary.

I'm comfortable enough about who I am to not need to make up new terms to justify my existence.

Not trying to be confrontational. That's just my straight shot feel about it.

~faith,

Timothy.

I think I was misunderstood. I did not coin the term. I am a nurse. I never have refered to myself as a murse. I am proud to be a nurse. My friends heard the term on the TV sitcom Scrubs and thought it was funny. They also call me burse for -Big Nurse. Not to worry, I did not take it from a confrontational POV. I jsut wanted to hear what people thought about it.

Also, don't you kind of hate it that everytime someone talks about you that they refer to you as a male nurse. I don't know if anyone else has ever noticed this. My father, when he speaks of me to his friends, says that his son is a Male Nurse. They know I am male. Oh well.

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i think if your a nurse not matter what sex you are you should be called a nurse. females and males go throught the same training and tkae the same exam.

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Specializes in Telemetry, OR, ICU.
...i just wanted to hear what people thought about it.

nothing personal against you, some of us just don't like the term murse ;)

also, don't you kind of hate it that everytime someone talks about you that they refer to you as a male nurse. i don't know if anyone else has ever noticed this. my father, when he speaks of me to his friends, says that his son is a male nurse. they know i am male. oh well.

nope, i like being called a male rn [look at my sig :)].

imho, even in these progressive modern times most non-healthcare professionals think of :nurse:a female when they hear the word nurse.

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