Would wearing a sexy nursing outfit to a party disrespect the profession?

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Ok,just want some opinions.

I am Rn,I've been a nurse for 9 years.

But I just want to attend a lingerie party in April.

Do you think it would be sort of disrepecting my profession if I I wore a sexy nurses outfit?

In the back of my mind it might be,but I'm unsure.

Also,could I be reported to the board if someone I know just happens to see me?

Thanks in advance.

Specializes in ER trauma, ICU - trauma, neuro surgical.

I love watching the squares and the care-free go a couple rounds. Costumes are parodies. It's supposed to be tongue-n-cheek. The people who say it's disrespectful are probably saying that because they haven't done it. You can't do something until they decide to do it too...then it's ok.

If you want to go to a party, you do what you want and have fun. Your costume is just a parody. Don't worry about what other people think. Nurses in the real world are respected. You dressing a certain way isn't going to set back nursing as we know it. Women still put on make-up and lipstick when the fire department is called to a house, so the sex symbol thing goes for men and women. I think I smell some feminism on this thread! Hey hey, No way, a nurse bad in lingerie. Gimme a break. Have fun at your party...live it up and make out with someone.

I wouldn't be offended. What a person wears when they are not at work does not affect me. OP, wear the outfit if it makes you happy. You aren't doing anything illegal. Yes, some people may be offended but so what. Do what you want.

Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

Er, ah...is it a lingerie "Costume" party? I've been to a lingerie party and no one came in costume. I think you're confusing costume with lingerie. Now if it said come dressed as your favorite bedroom fantasy, then I could see costumes coming out of the closet..:yeah:

What to Wear to a Lingerie Party

Congratulations on the weight loss. Go have fun...read the link I provided. Maybe it will clear things up for you. Wouldn't you feel out of place if you were the only one in a costume? The way people dress these days lingerie is probably more concealing in some instances. It just depends how far you take it.

Specializes in Peds, developmental disability.

The biggest problem is the internet. That could turn into trouble of some kind.

Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.

Okay, let me play Debbie Downer here. I don't fault you for your thinking because you are ignorant of what we nurses did decades ago. We wrote incessant letters to television networks and told them of all the products we wouldn't buy unless that network show changed the image of whoever was the **** nurse of the season. Maybe we older nurses are more sensitive and less tolerant but we had to work extra hard to get any respect from, what was then, physicians who were almost always male. I don't really understand why anyone would want to represent their "profession"? "trade? with an old stereotype we lobbied against. It's kinda painful to even read your post.

Okay, let me play Debbie Downer here. I don't fault you for your thinking because you are ignorant of what we nurses did decades ago. We wrote incessant letters to television networks and told them of all the products we wouldn't buy unless that network show changed the image of whoever was the **** nurse of the season. Maybe we older nurses are more sensitive and less tolerant but we had to work extra hard to get any respect from, what was then, physicians who were almost always male. I don't really understand why anyone would want to represent their "profession"? "trade? with an old stereotype we lobbied against. It's kinda painful to even read your post.[/quote

Unbelievable. It is painful to read the post. She's going to a party-not career day. Nurses are respected for many reasons, none of which include censorship.

Okay, let me play Debbie Downer here. I don't fault you for your thinking because you are ignorant of what we nurses did decades ago. We wrote incessant letters to television networks and told them of all the products we wouldn't buy unless that network show changed the image of whoever was the **** nurse of the season. Maybe we older nurses are more sensitive and less tolerant but we had to work extra hard to get any respect from, what was then, physicians who were almost always male. I don't really understand why anyone would want to represent their "profession"? "trade? with an old stereotype we lobbied against. It's kinda painful to even read your post.

Yes, but I'd argue that things have come full circle. When people see a "naughty nurse" costume at a party or a bimbo nurse on TV they recognize it for that caricature that it is. Like I said, when was the last time anyone actually saw a nurse in a white skirt and a little cap? I've never in my life seen a real nurse dressed like this and I'm over thirty. In the mind of the public, this view if the nurse in her little white dress, simpering and batting her eyelashes at the doctor is already a thing of the past. It has been for a long time. It's silly to get offended over it.

I remember seeing a rerun of "Julia" the show that came out in the 60's and she looked very professional.

They also really do have skinny leg scrub pants. Just like they have cargo and wide leg style uniform pants.

Its called Sketcher's skinny leg scrub pants. So yes,they are scrub pants,not leggings.

Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
Yes, but I'd argue that things have come full circle. When people see a "naughty nurse" costume at a party or a bimbo nurse on TV they recognize it for that caricature that it is. Like I said, when was the last time anyone actually saw a nurse in a white skirt and a little cap? I've never in my life seen a real nurse dressed like this and I'm over thirty. In the mind of the public, this view if the nurse in her little white dress, simpering and batting her eyelashes at the doctor is already a thing of the past. It has been for a long time. It's silly to get offended over it.

If we get so much respect, how come we aren't treated better by employers? It's all part if the same big picture.

Specializes in ER trauma, ICU - trauma, neuro surgical.

The day men stop associating nurses as a sex symbol is the day women stop associating fire fighters as a sex symbol. So, that's never gonna happen. I didn't hear any ladies at work complain about Magic Mike or how those costumes were disrespectful to to all those professions. Practice what ya preach!

If we get so much respect, how come we aren't treated better by employers? It's all part if the same big picture.

Because we're seen as an expense. The more doctors and specialists and therapists a patient sees, the more they are billed. The more nurses a pt has during his stay has no impact on billing. From an economic standpoint, we're overhead.

The day men stop associating nurses as a sex symbol is the day women stop associating fire fighters as a sex symbol. So, that's never gonna happen. I didn't hear any ladies at work complain about Magic Mike or how those costumes were disrespectful to to all those professions. Practice what ya preach!

Right, you can't change things like this. Many men will always have some sort of fantasy about a sexy young nurse giving them a sponge bath. But anyone who's had any interaction with healthcare in their lives can differentiate between fantasy and reality.

What about the "sexy librarian" who takes off her glasses and let's her hair down and is suddenly a sexpot?

What about the "sexy teacher" who has a yardstick and is going to "spank" naughty pupils?

What about the meathead striper dressed as a cop or a fireman?

These are all halloween staples. Yes they're immature. Yes they're stereotypes. That's why nobody takes them seriously. And that's why it's silly to be offended.

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