fakenurse replied to AlexiaPsychRN's topic in School Programs
I can't decide if it's worse that they told us the date decisions will be out, or if it would be preferable to anxiously and obsessively check the website daily.
I think I've been under the assumption that as a society, we've mostly moved past assuming a man's sexual orientation based on his career. Sounds like it's still a major issue.
Thanks for sharing, Qedy. There is clearly a lot of work to be done here. Your voice is so important in this issue; we need stories like yours to be heard publicly. Even just searching this website yields really disappointing attitudes and a scary la...
Sorry, what I meant to say is that our culture assigns these values to women, and therefore indirectly to nurses. I'd love to hear your experiences- whether you're cisgender female or male or part of the LGBTQ community- with gender norms and nursing...
I'm sure most of us would agree that these words are not accurate descriptors of our job. The issue is that laypeople often ascribe these characteristics to nurses, and it's problematic for women in general and for our profession.
Early last week we discussed the mistrust of intelligence and education in nursing. One or two nurses suggested that perhaps the frustration stemmed from some sort of "shame" of being in a caring profession where our emotional intelligence is regular...
Excellent question. Allnurses is consistently clogged with "I passed NCLEX, thanks to the lord almighty Jesus Christ our savior! #blessed" posts. I'd love a more professional, thoughtful forum where we could talk about research, news, and current iss...
Hi Brandon- as a man, you're not privy to the struggle of women in stereotypically "female" professions to prove their value and get beyond words like "caring" and nurturing." If you don't "see" any misogyny in nursing, it's because you're not experi...
A lot of people are bringing up the "nurses as most trusted professionals" lists. Of course topping these lists is a good thing, and something we should be proud of, but I've always thought that there is a serious misogynistic undercurrent to our pla...
Those of you who have brought up the historical context of nursing-- I think that's an important piece to consider. I'm wondering if my frustration may have something to do with generational differences. There has been a lot of work done on studying ...