Reccomend a gender neutral title to replace "Nurse"!

[keithjones]

Other professional titles such as mailman or stewardess have been replaced with gender neutral titles like postal worker and flight attendant, and as someone put it before on the forums here the term nurse implies an act that by definition requires having mammaries! what would you reccomend as a gender neutral replacement title?

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

enfermita has a certain ring to it. for female and enfermito for male

hey people make new words every day.

with all due respect, enfermita translates to (little sick female) & enfermito (little sick male) i believe you're trying to say enfermera (female nurse) & enfermero (male nurse), however, you'll get an e for effort

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

let's see, i been called so many names however, for ethical reasons i can't divulge them at this time, having said that, lets begin with... 1. pill pusher

2. vampire

3. hey you

4. am i next?

5. nurse greg focker among others... memories when i was a staff nurse... humm that could make a good title for a book

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

geez, think of something more worthwhile to worry about

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Can I vote for Captain Supreme?

If not.....I'll stick with 'nurse', thanks.

[martymoose, BSN, RN]

medical waitperson

medical server.

pill pushing patient care person

bootlicker.

nahh just kidding on that last one

imagine... " Hi my name is Chris , I'm going to be your pill pushing patient care person today"

[RoyalPrince]

Another name for nurse?

-Sister in countries where self-respect is ingrained in culture

-B*** in the USA

-"Patient Advocate"

#1 in line for next admission

#1 to be blamed for any and everything from apple not on tray to death

#1 to be replaced while on disability

#1 to be REQUIRED to smile, and "strive for 5" - AT ALL TIMES, even after unsucessful code

--jeez I just reaLized I should write a book.. but cant! I am the #1 of all the above hence no TIME!

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

"Nurse" works for me.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I have issue with people calling me a male nurse. I despise the word murse.

[Thunda]

I guess my biggest issue with the nursing gender neutral name is that in school, a lot of the questions and texts had items like

"The nurse see a problem, how should she solve it"

In a few posts on here, responses that are gender specific when the OP's forum name is gender ambiguous.

"If you want that, two words for you: SUGAR DADDY. "

I understand the whole PC gestapo rhetoric can get old, but it also seems like I'm slapped in the face with the feminine label that embodies nurse. That isn't to say that Nurse is bad, I like the name, I enjoy my work, but some of the responses to this question were unnecessarily harsh (even if they were made 3 years ago, maybe things have changed), and brought on a tinge or taste of reverse sexism with the "deal with it" attitude some displayed.

I could go on a long tangent speaking on debate and flame worth points of contention like "Sure glad we have a big strong guy around to do all the heavy lifting" comments along with others I won't bother picking at.

sorry for the ramble, but this has been sticking in my craw since I read it a few days ago.

Flame away!

[Morainey, BSN, RN]

Hey, You There, I Was Supposed to Get A Pain Pill Twenty Minutes Ago

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

I guess my biggest issue with the nursing gender neutral name is that in school, a lot of the questions and texts had items like

"The nurse see a problem, how should she solve it"

In a few posts on here, responses that are gender specific when the OP's forum name is gender ambiguous.

"If you want that, two words for you: SUGAR DADDY. "

I understand the whole PC gestapo rhetoric can get old, but it also seems like I'm slapped in the face with the feminine label that embodies nurse. That isn't to say that Nurse is bad, I like the name, I enjoy my work, but some of the responses to this question were unnecessarily harsh (even if they were made 3 years ago, maybe things have changed), and brought on a tinge or taste of reverse sexism with the "deal with it" attitude some displayed.

I could go on a long tangent speaking on debate and flame worth points of contention like "Sure glad we have a big strong guy around to do all the heavy lifting" comments along with others I won't bother picking at.

sorry for the ramble, but this has been sticking in my craw since I read it a few days ago.

Flame away!

No one who is A&Ox3 is going to flame you for that post. :)

But you might want to consider all the other fields that have been traditionally male and now females are in in significant numbers. If you're expecting a call from an engineer, don't you assume it's a male? And how about when two people walk into a patient's room and stand at the foot of the bed, the patient's family naturally assumes that the man is the one who is the doctor and the female must be the nurse...and cut off the doctor who is speaking so that the Man can answer their questions? Can't imagine the female doctor is pleased with that assumption, but there it is. ESPECIALLY if it's a male-dominated field like orthopedics.

I tend to write s/he when referring to someone online whose gender I do not know. Figure it's polite, but then again, it's an extra step not everyone wants to take so the generic "she" or "he" is often seen here.

Now, about that heavy lifting, lol....if there's someone nearby who has a better back than mine, I'm gonna ask for the help and don't care if it's a burly man or just a stronger woman! Then again my back sucks so a Girl Scout will do better than me most of the time.

[Sacred eagle]

Agree The nurse name needs togo. I once saw Media from playgirlmagazine posted all over thestaff bathroom in an MICU. Nothing"gender neutral" about that. Who would want to be a male patient on that unit. Imagineif you were a female going to amale gyn and there was Media plastered over the whole wall. Would that be appropriate,Ithink not.