This is a video with some great pictures of nurses through the ages. A good look at where we have come from. Nurses have rocked for many years......they just didn't know it. HAPPY NURSES WEEK!If you like this video, you might like these articles too:Nursing: Then and Now Happy Birthday to the World's Most Famous Nurse
~PedsRN~, BSN, RN 826 Posts Specializes in Acute Care Pediatrics. Has 4 years experience. May 7, 2013 Awww. This is a great video. Thanks for sharing. ?
Columnist tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN, RN 154 Articles; 5,918 Posts Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg. May 7, 2013 Glad you liked it.
JoshieLegend 2 Posts May 8, 2013 It has been a Western Adoption that RN's or "nurses" are Female with CAPS. I really wish this video was a more forthright explanation of Nursing in general. Men were Priests, Monks, Crusader men, Medics, Corpsman and performed Nursing Duties throughout History. America has adopted it as a feminist profession. Men are being welcomed with open arms in Western Practice but we still need to remember our origins in whole.
loriangel14, RN 6,931 Posts Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative. May 8, 2013 Thanks so much for posting this. A lovely tribute during nurse's week.
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN 4 Articles; 20,908 Posts Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma. Has 43 years experience. May 8, 2013 Thanks tn. We need to know where we come from to know where we are going. ?
prmenrs, RN 4,565 Posts Specializes in NICU, Infection Control. Has 42 years experience. May 9, 2013 Thank you so much!
LindaBright, MSN 79 Posts May 9, 2013 Joshie, you are correct and I can understand the frustration that comes from being pigeonholed for your gender in a profession that has been marketed as "female" for what seems like forever. All nurses, despite gender definition, are celebrated this week. Great video and great point ?