Concerns about 'modeling' pictures

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So I've got a friend who's thinking about nursing school but she has pictures that are posted on a soft core Mediaography site. The site owns several sets and policy is not to remove them completely, only restrict access to paying members only if you make the request. She's not ashamed of it at all in fact she's quite proud. She's a raging feminist :) though some people have tried to disagree in the past...

Anyway she's a brilliant student and very professional but the pictures are out there and they are full nude. Will they be grounds for termination in potential nursing careers?

Thanks for any info

Specializes in ICU, ED, Trauma, Transplant.

I used to model (wedding dresses, not my naked butt! Haha!) when I was in college and I still occasionally do some modeling and work as an extra on TV and movies that are filmed in my city. These are projects that anyone, pervert or not, will see if they turn on the TV or flip through a local newspaper or local magazine. While I think it has to do with the fact that I don't wear a smidge of makeup at work and the makeup artists I work with try very hard to make me look pretty, I think the biggest reason I've never been discovered by coworkers is because no one would really expect to see a nurse they work with in that sort of medium. Once, I was sitting near a nurse who was thumbing through the weekend paper in the nurse's station, looking at full page ad for a local department store with picture of me in it looking back at him. It took him a couple minutes of looking at the entire ad before he said, "Oh, hey, this girl looks like you." In that particular case, I was right in front of him and it didn't even dawn on him. Then again, they DID photoshop my double chin out. :p

I'm acquaintances with a wonderful girl who's also a nurse at my hospital, who was an extra in a music video. She was credited as a "naked bicyclist". And as far as I'm aware, she's never been talked to about it by management. Either the managers don't care, or they're the type of people who don't even know who The Flaming Lips are, let alone listen to their music or watch their music videos. I'm willing to bet it's the latter, and I assume that would be the case in your friend's situation. Also, I'm going to agree with a previous poster and say that those who are nursing managers aren't typically the type who would have an on-going subscription access to a Media site.

Additionally, I have a friend who's pursuing a law degree, and she modeled in several sets on suicidegirls.com right after she turned 18. Most of her friends and some of her family know about it, but from what I understand, her law firm where she's currently employed as a paralegal, doesn't have a clue. But then again, if any one of her coworkers found out about her past "modeling", they also have to admit that they know about it because they subscribe to the website.

Given these situations I've told you about it, I feel confident in saying that I really don't think your friend has much to worry about, but I will say that it's disappointing to me that pictures like these will NEVER really go away, even if the girl who modeled in them has regrets and ever wants them to disappear.

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Specializes in ICU, ED, Trauma, Transplant.
Whats the difference?

"Hard core" and "soft core" are exactly what they sound like.

If you're still befuddled, this is a question that a simple google search will answer... but don't do it at work!

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

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Specializes in Emergency Medicine.

I have seen this scenario once before.

Someone I had worked with didn't just model but starred in full-length feature movies.

There was no problem between her and the hospital just the staff.

If she used a stage name or alias so much the better. Proud or not, she shouldn't announce to the people around her about her previous career. The nit-picking, petty comments and drama in the workplace are magnified significantly when it comes to things like this. As much as I LOVE beautiful nekid women :D, like tattoos and piercings it's just not mainstream or socially acceptable. It will have a negative impact on her as a healthcare professional. She should leave it in the past...

The whispering, snide comments, and ultimately the way the other women in the department treated her after she was "found out" greatly effected her job. She was a very capable nurse. She was a very loving and caring person that ended up quitting because of the pressure. Stupid, petty peer-pressure.

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Specializes in Med surg, LTC, Administration.

Two half started post just vanished. So, I take that to mean, shut up. So I won't reply and if they show up here, please ignore. Peace!

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As a manager I can tell you I Googled applicants, as is a very common practice, and some of the other managers even checked Facebook. As long as her real name is not attached to anything and as long as no one "leaks" the pictures, it should not hamper her career.

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link? ahah just kidding

Are you sure you want "soft core" pics of a "raging feminist"? :eek:

Seriously, there are a lot more search engines out there beyond Google, and, beyond that, a lot of ways those pictures could come to the attention of the applicant's prospective or current employers; those ways may not even require a seatch of the InterTubes.

The applicant's best bet is to keep her mouth shut about this, and she may do OK, as long as there is no criminal activity involved. The problem is that a number of her friends and acquaintances (there is a difference) know about this, and it could surface at any time.

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link? ahah just kidding

I agree, if we had a link, we could lend our expert opinion... :devil: just to be helpful of course, no need to let our wives and girlfriends know, they'd probably misunderstand our well-intentioned desire to assist in the matter! :D

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Specializes in Emergency, Internal Medicine, Sports Med.

I will say that from reading the comments on this board, it really depends where you are from/what hospital you work for. I know that upon general hospital orientation to my worksite, we were specifically warned about what pictures we choose to post on the internet (facebook, other sites, etc). And this was in reference to PERSONAL pictures, in addition to the obvious no no's (taking pics with patients, etc).

Worst case scenario:

1) If her co-worker(s) know, they can easily use it as a weapon against he. If she is on friendly terms now, things can change. Trust no one with this information.

2) No matter how her perspective is on the pictures, hospitals can have a different perspective. Her character and ethics can be questioned. Heaven forbid, if her care is ever questioned and she needs to go to court this might come back to bite her.

3) Internet Media sites are FAR more popular then what is mentioned in society. What if someone from the hospital HR/etc saw these photos?

On a side comment, it seems odd that a "raging feminist" would objectify herself. Somewhat of an oxymoron, it seems.

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I will say that from reading the comments on this board, it really depends where you are from/what hospital you work for. I know that upon general hospital orientation to my worksite, we were specifically warned about what pictures we choose to post on the internet (facebook, other sites, etc). And this was in reference to PERSONAL pictures, in addition to the obvious no no's (taking pics with patients, etc).

Worst case scenario:

1) If her co-worker(s) know, they can easily use it as a weapon against he. If she is on friendly terms now, things can change. Trust no one with this information.

2) No matter how her perspective is on the pictures, hospitals can have a different perspective. Her character and ethics can be questioned. Heaven forbid, if her care is ever questioned and she needs to go to court this might come back to bite her.

3) Internet Media sites are FAR more popular then what is mentioned in society. What if someone from the hospital HR/etc saw these photos?

On a side comment, it seems odd that a "raging feminist" would objectify herself. Somewhat of an oxymoron, it seems.

What if somebody did see said photos? What does that say about said person? It's okay to be a pervert and look at nudie photos, but it's not okay to be the nudie person that said pervert observes? So, crying about seeing your co-worker nude, when you had to go out of your way to look at the nude co-worker is allowed so long as your not the one getting nude?

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Specializes in Medical Surgical.

This thread is useless without pics....

just kidding.

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Thank you all for the replies they were very helpful

I guess what we wanna know is in the case that the pictures were found by a supervisor who took issue with them would they alone be grounds for being fired?

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Anyone can fire anyone for any reason. (Or they'll find a reason.) Before spending a lot of time, money and effort on nursing school, it might be a good idea to read your nurse practice act and read up on what your State Board of Nursing has to say about standards of professional behavior.

And, if nursing is what this person wants to do for the rest of her life, it's in her best interest for the "modeling" episode to fade into the past. It can't help her future career.

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