A Nurse CAN be both sexy & smart

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I am skipping a bunch of posts so I'm not sure if someone said this already: I think the biggest problem may be nurses' portrayal by the media. Nurses are portrayed as sex objects or as physicians' handmaidens on TV and movies and no one understands what we actually do. People do not know that nurses are educated professionals, work independently from physicians, are both men AND women, and are not sex objects. Once people understand health care and what nurses do I think nurses will be treated better and respected more.

It does not have to be an either or situation.Dowdy does not always equate to smart.

A nurse can be both smart/educated professional and sexy as heck!:yeah:

Why does one taking care of oneself lead to the dumbo comment? You can't hide sex appeal.So yup,nurses can have it both ways.

Three cheers for sexy smart nurses:up:

Wonder if "sexy smart worms" also try to convince people they are professionals at the same time?

Yes. Mine talk about that all the time.:yeah:

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Yes, but do you do the "index finger gun thing???" That's the stuff that has all the women in the workplace panting! LOL...Just can't get canes example out of my head!!!

Sorry not polite to point.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Wonder if "sexy smart worms" also try to convince people they are professionals at the same time?

Oh, I see. You don't consider worms to be professionals? They work very hard too, you know. Poor worms. They toil unappreciated, mulching, aerating and sacrificing themselves for people who have issues with feeling left out. Never once suggesting that perhaps it would be better if they read I'm OK, You're OK before resorting to the dietary remedy.

Looks like "Worm Talk" has effectively killed off this thread, though . .maybe the "ew" factor was the culprit.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
Oh, I see. You don't consider worms to be professionals? They work very hard too, you know. Poor worms. They toil unappreciated, mulching, aerating and sacrificing themselves for people who have issues with feeling left out. Never once suggesting that perhaps it would be better if they read I'm OK, You're OK before resorting to the dietary remedy.

Looks like "Worm Talk" has effectively killed off this thread, though . .maybe the "ew" factor was the culprit.

The birds in my yard sure do think that these toiling, unappreciated worms are sexy. I recently overheard them chipping away with each other, "Oh GIRL! Look at that one over there! I could just eat him with a spoon! Guess I'll just use my beak instead!"

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[sigh]

A thread about sex appeal vs. intellect gets so many responses its getting close to double digit pages long, yet threads about the details of nursing that affect pt. outcomes often get, eh.........3 or 4 responses.

Can you say "narcisistic"? I know the "sexy smart" nurses can.

Please, if you are in the habit of participating in discussions like this one, don't poste any thread complaining about nurses not being treated as professionals. Just click back on here and you'll have your answer.

Of all the pious speeches! M response will not be polite.

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