Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

Nurses Men

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I have problems with the image of nurses and the assumptions people make about them.

I've met plenty of driven, multitalented, ambitious people who want to help patients in different and more comprehensive ways than a doctor could.

But I don't care about negative images. I will achieve my goals, despite how many comments from ignorant people I get to the contrary. Posters like this help kick those stereotypes in the ***.

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Descriptions of the above guys, from left to right:

Sang Kim RN
Cardiac Telemetry Nurse
Snowboarder

Terry Misener RN, PhD
Dean, School of Nursing
Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army

Yuri Chavez RN, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist
2:54 LA Marathon

Roland Jomerson RN
Post Anesthesia Recovery Nurse
Decorated Vietnam Combat Medic and Retired Major, U.S. Army

Don Mucciprosso RN
Poison Specialist Nurse
Harley Rider

Walter Moore, Jr. RN
Intensive Care Unit Nurse
U.S. Navy Seal Team One

Bill Maddalena SN
Student Nurse
3rd Degree Black Belt Kenpo

L. Rey Ariola RN
Cardiology Nurse
Rugby Right Prop

Jason Scott Carrick SN
Student Nurse
Basketball Power Forward

Specializes in Psychiatry (PMHNP), Family (FNP).

I like that version even better, the guys seem a little more comfortable... ...any idea where that came from and if there is a place to buy it? Thanks....

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Smitty08 said:
I like that version even better, the guys seem a little more comfortable... ...any idea where that came from and if there is a place to buy it? Thanks....

I actually scanned that one ... the original I have is 8.5 x 11 and it fits perfectly in a plastic document holder I bought @ Walmart with magnets on the back, so it hangs right on my fridge. I got it at the UCF nursing school in Orlando when I went to visit them about their program (which I have since decided was not for me). If I am in the area again prob in 2 weeks, I will drop by and see if they have any more. Here's a bigger version attached.

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Specializes in midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice.
Roy Fokker said:
It's interesting y'all speak of media portrayal of nurses. I was in my senior year and the student body was trying to raise money so that we could print/make our own sweatshirts and t-shirts with our school logo.

KWIM? Class pride and school pride and all that.

So, the student body was asked to come up with themes - the winning theme would be sent to the printers and they'd put it on the clothes.

Anyway, here's one suggestion that was sent in:

The idea caused a massive furore - with many students (and some faculty) - both male and female - chiming in that they found the "suggestive ideas" highly inappropriate. Some students were deeply offended by the suggestion - while others were of the opinion that the clothes were optional and there was no compulsion on anyone to buy them. Besides, some students thought it was funny and saw nothing wrong in "laughing at ourselves".

Ultimately, the student body organisation dropped the idea to sell the shirts.

well; I would have bought that T-shirt!! I think sometimes we need to learn to laugh at ourselves.. we can be very serious.... but then I am a fencer and have a t-shirt which says 'it takes more than 56 inches to impress me' with a picture of a fencer under the writing. its a fencing joke... an epee is 56 inches long. guess it offends some people but fencers love it!! (and i bought it in the states on my last visit)

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I want to be like Yuri Chavez RN, CRNA!!

I surely want to go for CRNA after being in the RN for a couple of years.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Paco69 said:
I actually scanned that one ... the original I have is 8.5 x 11 and it fits perfectly in a plastic document holder I bought @ Walmart with magnets on the back, so it hangs right on my fridge. I got it at the UCF nursing school in Orlando when I went to visit them about their program (which I have since decided was not for me). If I am in the area again prob in 2 weeks, I will drop by and see if they have any more. Here's a bigger version attached.

LMAO! I wrote this back in May 2009 and could not help to notice it now. This is the same school that just last Friday accepted me into their ABSN for this summer. :eek: ... At the time, I believe I was sore because an advisor there told me I had a slim chance of getting in based on the GPA of my 1st bachelor's. I had not even taken my prereqs yet! This is why I said I had decided that way. Well, times change and I sure disproved her! :D

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To make it fit the current job market:

Are you EXPERIENCED enough to be a nurse?

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Specializes in Med/Surg Tele/Oncology.

in my program out of 32 there were 6 guys, 5 finished, 1 failed out. On my staff there are a total of 2 day shift RN's, one is the assistant manager, and the other is me. otherwise, all women. On nights, there are 3 guys. we need more men to help with the lifting!!! kidding.

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Love this as a male nurse

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Awesome poster. I love it. Male nurse. Only one that graduated in December. Married to a WOMAN.....I really appreciate that people are breaking the stereotype. Male nurses rock:w00t:

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Men are taking over nursing:) Things will be different because we will encourage slutty female nurses so they can pleasure us.

We will make it easier for them to climb the corporate ladder.

Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.

i totally recall when this poster came out...one morning on my way to work in bumper to bumper traffic, i happened to look up and there on a huge billboard the poster in questioned was on plain view for everyone to see. unquestionably, i felt pride and honor as i passed the billboard :bow:...aloha~

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Specializes in Primary Care.

Larry D. Carter Jr

Acute Rehab Nurse

Combat Vet/Former Police Officer

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