Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

i don't know, the term makes me laugh... it sounds like a name for an animal... or dumb or stupid... lol

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Yuk! Murse is not a term I would use for myself. At 55, I am way beyond "cute"
As it is, I tell them I don't work for the Post Office when I am called a "Male Nurse".
I am not in favor of changing our title. Nurse already is a respected title. Other suggestions I've heard don't come close.

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Like the others, i dont mind the different titles, but what does get me every now and then is the fact that I am an RN...um yeah it was hard earned and worth every penny i spent on it...and no I didnt buy my RN initials or steal someone elses badge just to claim myself as a nurse. I know I am young, but murse, male nurse, whatever,...to me it still stands for the hard earned degree that helped me become an RN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Originally Posted by UMichSCN07

I suppose I'm a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to the term. I refer to myself as a "murse" on occasion, but mostly only around other "murses" or people who remember the episode of Scrubs when J.D. used the term to describe Elliot's boyfriend. However, I have run into a few occasions where it's been used in a derogatory manner, mostly by hypermasculine guys who've gotten a bit over-beveraged and feel the need to compensate for having a lap pinky by belittling anyone who doesn't fit their definition of a "man." In those instances, I HATE the term.

Mike in Michigan

I love the term lap pinky...haha...I've never heard that before.

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

I truly dislike the term "murse".



We are nurses. Registered Nurses.



steph

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Love the idea of a "Murse day." Only had one shift where the entire nursing staff was male and I warned the oncoming shift that we spent the night raising the toilet seats.

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

I was thinking of getting a "Murse" car license plate,lol

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

we have a sticky on our fridge since JB's friends like to give him lip about being a nurse. it was in a nursing calendar we got a couple years ago and he liked it so he kept it.

it says:
"don't call me a murse. it's nurse with a penis, please."

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

HAHAHAHAHA murse!
Hey brotha!!

Yeah i heard of murses! but here in our school we refer them to 'the world without nurses- your left with murses i.e. medical doctors that have to be nurses as well'

as for sister! lol i been using sister to girls lately but I always have its not until i came into nursing it was used more often...which is wierd..but i dunno it probably had something to do with past nurses or something!

Male nurses = great CPR! lol

I wish I had a mate that knew martial arts now...imma bit of a wus

Re: Who HATES the term MURSE?

Well I am just starting down on this road.

I don't think it will bother me too much telling people
that I am a male nurse. I am coming from a field that
is 99% male dominated