After reading some of other threads, a theme of nurse-doctor dating/marrying prevails...
I thought we were past that...maybe not.
Reminds me of the throwback nurses of the 1950's and 1960's who were gah-gah over the television characters Dr. Kildare and Dr. Ben Casey...
...or the nurses of the 1970's who cooed over the television character Dr. Marcus Welby and also actor James Brolin...(Forgive I can't remember if James Brolin Performed in TV program Marcus Welby, MD or Medical Center)...
I thought we were all past that...
I can remember some women, yes women, admitting to entering the nursing profession in order "to meet and marry a doctor."...
I don't get it.
Are we still salivating the ancient fantasies of the past?
After reading some of other threads, a theme of nurse-doctor dating/marrying prevails...
Sorry, but I'm not seeing this theme prevail.
Just because there was a thread or two about it, and a few people (not many) on that thread know a nurse or two that went into nursing specifically to snatch a doc doesn't mean it's a prevailing theme in nursing. Read the threadsd about money and you'll find out why most of us go into nursing, and it's not to find a doctor to take us away.
Most of us fall in love with whom we fall in love with. Often for us single people who spent 36 to 40 hours a week at work, it's often someone we come across in our daily work lives, and sometimes that happens to be a doctor. Sometimes it's another nurse (there have been threads about nurses who are married and dating other nurses, is that a "prevailing theme" too?) My ex-charge nurse nurse at night fell in love with one of the security guards. Right now there's a romance going on between an RN and a tech. Most often this is the scenerio rather than nurses pining after docs. Most often it just happens.
I don't remember seeing any threads about nurses wanting to marry doctors but I seem to remember a few about nurses marrying policemen or firemen. I married a Marine and I couldn't be happier. :prdmltywf:
Sorry! I've actually always hated the term too, I can't believe I just used it. It has always seemed to be such a critical and disrespectful word, and the truth is I respect stay-at-home moms/homemakers a great deal. I certainly did not mean any disrespect, so my apologies.
I didn't mean to say that YOU meant any disrespect. :icon_hug:
yes. a peer of mine only entered nursing to find herself a "tall, handsome doctor." ideally, she wants to work for a couple of years and then become a housewife.
I'm in a BSN program and a few of my classmates have that same mentality. It irritates the hell outta me....I mean, talk about degrading our profession! You can always pick those types out too, because as soon as they see someone in a white lab coat they rush over to play with their hair, giggle and bat their eyelashes.
And people wonder why female nurses still have the "sexed up" stigma?
Specializes in trauma, ortho, burns, plastic surgery.
LOOOOOOOOOL girls you make me laugh in the morning, hugs you. You are soo young and so full of dreams....looooooool, you need to stay on your OWN feet, live your life, knowing people , enjoy your friends, don't start a doctors hunt, looooool. I have couple of friends married with doctors, they are ok another couple involved in relations with doctors (loooooool) still happy, loooool, but my personal opinion is that at one moment a relation with a doctor will be burned you off. If you want intelectual conversations is not necessary to marry with him, like friends is just enough, loooooool! If you want his money, may be is better to find a bussiness man, instead, looooool. If you want a social status.... I don't know....but for me personal is much imporatnt to be ME on MY OWN FEET and happy with who I am! Now all of you could make your own choices depend of your dreams. And let the time to go, live your life girls....if in your path will be a doctor he will come, don't force the destiny hand....loooooool
At our facility all the docs are old and crotchety, mean and unattractive. Noone wants 'em!!! I could see how it might be appealing at a large facility with lots of residents... but not in my hospital. ~Ivanna
If I weren't already married, I'd marry a nurse or a tech maybe......
REALITY CHECK!
After reading some of other threads, a theme of nurse-doctor dating/marrying prevails...
I thought we were past that...maybe not.
Reminds me of the throwback nurses of the 1950's and 1960's who were gah-gah over the television characters Dr. Kildare and Dr. Ben Casey...
...or the nurses of the 1970's who cooed over the television character Dr. Marcus Welby and also actor James Brolin...(Forgive I can't remember if James Brolin Performed in TV program Marcus Welby, MD or Medical Center)...
I thought we were all past that...
I can remember some women, yes women, admitting to entering the nursing profession in order "to meet and marry a doctor."...
I don't get it.
Are we still salivating the ancient fantasies of the past?
I would never marry someone based on thier job, status, or income. I married a soldier. He is gone all the time, gets crappy pay, yet I love him with all my heart.
Tweety, BSN, RN
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Sorry, but I'm not seeing this theme prevail.
Just because there was a thread or two about it, and a few people (not many) on that thread know a nurse or two that went into nursing specifically to snatch a doc doesn't mean it's a prevailing theme in nursing. Read the threadsd about money and you'll find out why most of us go into nursing, and it's not to find a doctor to take us away.
Most of us fall in love with whom we fall in love with. Often for us single people who spent 36 to 40 hours a week at work, it's often someone we come across in our daily work lives, and sometimes that happens to be a doctor. Sometimes it's another nurse (there have been threads about nurses who are married and dating other nurses, is that a "prevailing theme" too?) My ex-charge nurse nurse at night fell in love with one of the security guards. Right now there's a romance going on between an RN and a tech. Most often this is the scenerio rather than nurses pining after docs. Most often it just happens.