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  1. May 10, '12 by
    Quote from cole79
    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.
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  2. May 10, '12 by
    Agree The nurse name needs togo. I once saw porn 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 porn plastered over the whole wall. Would that be appropriate,Ithink not.
  3. May 10, '12 by
    My wife bought me a license plate that says murse on it when I passed nclex. I thought it was perfect and still do! The irony however is that I do not have a front license plate holder on my car...not that I'm picking on females just my wife's lack of car knowledge!
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    May 10, '12 by
    Quote from answer
    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.
    i couldn't have said it better myself. it is what we are and have been for a long time. so it's been historically a female dominated profession but that is changing.

    women never tried to change the term doctor to a feminine form when entering the male dominated field. males should not try to change the title to the profession when entering the female dominated field. it is what it is.....get over it.
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  5. May 10, '12 by
    Quote from Sacred eagle
    Agree The nurse name needs togo. I once saw porn 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 porn plastered over the whole wall. Would that be appropriate,Ithink not.
    Could you please explain what inappropriate displays of pornography in bathrooms has to do with the professional title 'nurse'?
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  6. May 10, '12 by
    A doctor is a doctor regardless of gender. An engineer is an engineer, regardless...well, you get the idea.

    I think the overall point everyone (ok, almost everyone) has been trying to make is that the term 'nurse' IS gender neutral. While one might think of the word as it relates to breastfeeding a baby, it has also LOOOoonnng been used interchangeably with healing, as in "she nursed her husband back to health".

    Clearly the wife did not breastfeed her husband back to health, though who knows how much faster he'd have gotten back on his feet if she did
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  7. May 10, '12 by
    Quote from cole79
    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.
    Terms like reverse sexism, racism, whateverism, need to die in a fire. I cannot...

    Whine more, people in the majority. UGH.
  8. May 10, '12 by
    Quote from QuarterLife88
    Terms like reverse sexism, racism, whateverism, need to die in a fire. I cannot...

    Whine more, people in the majority. UGH.
    hm... not constructive or coherent, please clarify
  9. May 10, '12 by
    Calling us 'Murses' or 'Male Nurse' leads me to apply the idea elsewhere: 'Female Doctor' 'Female Engineer (Femineer?).'

    I feel it's likely to perpetuate stereotypes, like these:

    • The Ladderclimber
    • The Troublemaker
    • The He-Man (this is me, the personal Hoyer lift)
    • The Homosexual

    Distinctions are unnecessary, but 'Nurse' is fine.

    Last edit by deftonez188 on May 10, '12 : Reason: clarify
  10. May 10, '12 by
    Quote from deftonez188
    Calling us 'Murses' or 'Male Nurse' leads me to apply the idea elsewhere: 'Female Doctor' 'Female Engineer (Femineer?).'
    And how insulting a term would it be, 'female doctor', or 'female engineer'? (btw, gmta, I thought of 'femgineer' only after posting, lol....).

    I'd think 'male nurse' would be viewed as insulting as well....as you've said.