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No. 40
Old Jul 05, 2006, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Corvette Guy
Understood! Best to leave well enough along... especially pertaining to a professor, finals, and such professor with a grade book.
I've heard many bad comments from professors when it comes to nursing. I guess it's a different story when they find themselves in a hospital bed.
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No. 41
from Josh L.Ac.
Old Jul 05, 2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaylord Focker
I saw a guy in my English comp class with a t-shirt that had that pic of "Uncle Sam" pointing with the caption, "Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse?". I thought it was pretty cool but the professor didn't seem to like it all that much...said it offended her. Oh well.

I'm 6'7" and go about 270 lbs, am I man enough? LOL


Wow, even if it was finals weeks, I don't think I would be able to just ignore the comment.



Note to self: wear a nice dress shirt for all of my future finals.
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No. 42
from Trans-am
Old Jul 06, 2006, 09:47 AM

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I dont think i would be able to shake off that! I consider that being sexist against males and i would still wear the shirt in front of her. Im a proud male who will one day be a nurse and i do not take kindly to those who are sexist.
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No. 43
Old Jul 06, 2006, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Trans-am
I dont think i would be able to shake off that! I consider that being sexist against males and i would still wear the shirt in front of her. Im a proud male who will one day be a nurse and i do not take kindly to those who are sexist.
What year is your TA?
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No. 44
from Roy Fokker
Old Jul 06, 2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tweety
Personally, I don't like the poster. Why not show us on the job instead of with a bewildered look in a karate outfit or a mean looking Harley Rider.

Those guys I'm sure are good nurses, but in the drive to promote men in nursing. they are too heavy on the masculine stereotypes of toughness. They could have at least asked them to look a little bit nurturing and less scarey and smile. I blame the photographers and the campaingn, as I say, they are great nurses I'm sure.
I think I'm starting to agree with this PoV....
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No. 45
from Krither
Old Jul 06, 2006, 08:03 PM
Updated Jul 06, 2006 at 08:48 PM by Krither

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Originally Posted by -Midget-
I think this is a great campaign, and I was surprised when I found out it originated in Oregon!
Midget, don't you know Oregon is the oddball state so really it makes more sense to not be surprised!

Originally Posted by Tweety
Really, I wouldn't want those sour faced macho men at my bedside.
It looks to me that two of them are indeed smiling, in that way that men do of course.
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No. 46
Old Jul 06, 2006, 09:15 PM

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Photo looks familer, I Just got done reading that article, interesting.
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No. 47
from Roy Fokker
Old Jul 07, 2006, 01:21 AM

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Moderator Note:

Merged this thread with existing one in Male Nursing Student Forum.
Please remember, cross posting is not encouraged - it scatters posts and makes maintaining a viable, coherant discussion difficult. It also returns too many results whenever a search is performed, thus diluting the effect of utilizing a search engine.

On with the thread!

Thank you.
Roy
allnurses.com moderator
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No. 48
from Beowoulf
Old Sep 22, 2006, 11:37 AM

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Using stereotypical images (macho men) to undo other stereotypical images (male nurses must be girly-men) is just sad. Plain old sad.
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No. 49
from Beowoulf
Old Sep 22, 2006, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by nursemike
... harder for a man to "think like a nurse."
Many studies (See: Chung, 2000; Paterson, Tschitkota, Crawford, et al., 1995; Kelly, Shoemaker & Steele, 1994; Villeneuve, 1994) have looked into the possibility that what nursing professors (who are mostly female) unconsciously mean when they say, "think like a nurse" is "think like a woman" - because of the almost-exclusive female historical connection. It is up to men to discern and validate a "male approach" to being a nurse. Certainly, there will be much overlap in approach, but just as certainly, men bring a lot that is unique and good to nursing.

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