"How many nurses flirt with this Doctor?"

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Recently my father was admitted to a hospital that I use to work at for a minor health problem. Although my father has never really had any high regards for nursing I was taken aback at how he treated and talk to some of the nurses that had him as a patient. One of the things that got to me was when he asked a nurse "how many nurses flirt with the surgeon and fight over him?" He also complained to the charge nurse about having a male nurse and felt he wasn't adequate and didn't want him..... I wonder how I can help change the image of nursing in his mind and the mind of others that still think the same way.

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Thanks to everyone responding. I understand and fully expect relationships to develop regardless of where we work simply because that is human nature.

Mostly I wish that my father was more open to the idea that there is more to nursing than just being flirtatious and having a good figure. I work in a community where nurses and health care professionals are generally respected so coming home and seeing my dads view of things made me realize that 1. he doesn't respect nursing as a profession and 2. he has a misunderstanding of nursing in general.