I have problems with the image of nurses and the assumptions people make about them.
I've met plenty of driven, multitalented, ambitious people who want to help patients in different and more comprehensive ways than a doctor could.
But I don't care about negative images. I will achieve my goals, despite how many comments from ignorant people I get to the contrary. Posters like this help kick those stereotypes in the ***.
Descriptions of the above guys, from left to right:
Sang Kim RN Cardiac Telemetry Nurse Snowboarder
Terry Misener RN, PhD Dean, School of Nursing Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Yuri Chavez RN, CRNA Nurse Anesthetist 2:54 LA Marathon
Roland Jomerson RN Post Anesthesia Recovery Nurse Decorated Vietnam Combat Medic and Retired Major, U.S. Army
Don Mucciprosso RN Poison Specialist Nurse Harley Rider
Walter Moore, Jr. RN Intensive Care Unit Nurse U.S. Navy Seal Team One
Bill Maddalena SN Student Nurse 3rd Degree Black Belt Kenpo
L. Rey Ariola RN Cardiology Nurse Rugby Right Prop
Jason Scott Carrick SN Student Nurse Basketball Power Forward
Mike, it took me having kids to become a good nurse. Before kids: Chest tubes! 16s in both ACs! He's gonna code!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
After kids:Need a blanket? Anyone here need a cup of coffee?
Maybe I'm just getting old. Don't get me wrong...I love a good trauma or the patient with 10/10 crushing chest pain and sky high ST's...but it took me a while to figure out what makes a great nurse.
but I just had to ask where's the cop and the indian or even the construction worker?
lol
This poster made me laugh. Like nursemike said, I'm sure they're all great nurses. It's just a funny poster, especially the snowboarder and the karate suit...oooowwww...real men...lol
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
JohnBearPA
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Great poster, and hell yeah, I'm more than man enough to be a nurse, I'm also man enough to be damn proud of it!