Anyone else have a problem with this ad?

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  1. Do you think this ad/photo negatively portrays nurses?

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I saw this picture along with the ad on Facebook. It is an ad for The College Network's RN to MSN program. "Go from an RN to MSN without sitting in a classroom! 100% online program". Really is that suppose to be a serious picture of a nurse because it looks to me like a "slutty nurse" Halloween costume, not an actual nurse.

I emailed the Webmaster for The College Network and stated that we as nurses have enough negative stereotypes to battle and this type of advertising doesn't help. I mean I know I go to work everyday in a cheesy nursing "cap" and satin uniform...yep everyday. Geez! So I guess the question is does anyone else have a problem with this ad.

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Specializes in Mental Health, Hospice Care.

that is the very reason I became a nurse in the first place....hot, slutty nurses....:roflmao:

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Looks like a Media add.

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I think the ad agency that is resposible for the ad may want to you to send out the "sublime" message that if you take their courses you too can be a young hot nurse! Good grief, yes it's negative in a twisted, weird and distorted kind of way. What an odd picture for RN to MSN :yuck:

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And this is supposed to be MSN? ..and completely 100% online? I would not even go to a program like that and would not want graduates of that program taking care of people I care about. That's kinda iffy...

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whoa..whoa.. so you telling me that nurses dont look like that? DAMN!! thats why i chose this profession... /end sarcasm

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It is such an advertising ploy. Much like if you happen to see a talk show of the "I tested 152 men and who is the Daddy" variety, there's a number of ads for schools to be a massage therapist, medical assistant....all with scrubs galore, with comments like "get off the couch and call" and other comments that are not flattering and cater to supposed demographics that the advertisers are trying to entice. You don't see ads like that after "Dateline".

There are people who DO think that nurses wear "cute" little uniforms and hats like the picture depicts, and of course in the picture there's the seductive hand on the back of who.....a dashing MD? :sarcastic:

Ads such as this play on every stereotype and psychological need/want of any person who may be "stuck" in life's circumstance.

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I agree ads like that negatively portray nurses. In fact, I believe I have see this Halloween costume before. Even though the advertising company is not nursing related, they could be more objective about what they publish. This goes along with the negative images on TV programs and in soap operas. Nurses are always portrayed as sex images, not the hard workers that they are. Until nurses and nursing organizations put a ban to it, this image will prevail. I commend Johnson & Johnson for their ads promoting real nurses. I which more companies would follow suit.

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Specializes in LTC.

Uhm....

Have you guys EVER seen facebook ads that make any dang sense? There was one on mine with a woman smearing what appeared to be fake blood all over her face, with the ad reading, "Woman finds MIRACLE cure for wrinkles!!! Doctors HATE her!!"

Seriously guys. It's the internet. You're going to have to be more discerning about what gets your feathers ruffled.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

Personally grateful that slutty male nurse photos don't make the grade for The College Network's RN to MSN program :D

Uhm....

Have you guys EVER seen facebook ads that make any dang sense? There was one on mine with a woman smearing what appeared to be fake blood all over her face, with the ad reading, "Woman finds MIRACLE cure for wrinkles!!! Doctors HATE her!!"

Seriously guys. It's the internet. You're going to have to be more discerning about what gets your feathers ruffled.

Agreed. Facebook ads are meant to be ignored.

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Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.

as a male i definitely wont want that cute redcross hat on my head :roflmao:

On a serious note, I am seeing more male protraits in nursing ads. When I went to drop in my application at one college there was a huge poster of a professional looking male nurse, and that is a good thing.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Yeah, I thought halloween costume myself. It just goes to show you what kind of school it is, which means avoid THAT school at all cost!! I don't have to wear those 'cheesy' hats and i haven't seen those in a long time! You still have to wear them?

Nursing caps never looked like that! That is a picture of a slutty nurse Halloween costume. I don't know of any US Hospital that requires nurses wear their "whites" which would include a cap. I think they were phased out by the mid 1980s.

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Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.
I once had a young male 20-something patient make completely inappropriate advances towards me. When I told the doctors about it, I made the comment that maybe if nurses weren't portrayed as little sexpots in pop culture and in Mediaos, he wouldn't have gotten the wrong idea. Their response was "Whoa! What kind of TV/movies do you watch?" I was genuinely surprised that they were unfamiliar with the concept of the "sexy nurse". To me it's as cliche as the cable/pizza guy or sexy teacher image. Maybe because they were men they didn't realize how offensive and damaging that stuff can be? Anyway, they made the guy apologize to me. His response? "I'm sorry, I thought you would have taken that as a compliment..."

Geez oh man...

I hate to admit that, at my age, I would have felt a "tinge" complimented somewhere behind my steelie gaze...sigh so pathetic on so many levels. :nurse:

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