I've been on the receiving end of quite a number of male "nurse" jokes ever since I started college for my BSN. I have not been phased one iota, but now that I'm in school and am around other men, they seem to want to change the terminology to something other than "Male Nurse" (something like "masculine health care technologist" or whatever).
Anyway, I thought I'd do a little research and poll the fine folks here. What do you think: Are you bothered by being called a nurse?
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> This is my problem: the term, nurse, is a description as opposed to doctor, > which is a title.
> I do not object in the least to being referred to as a nurse. I object to the > fact that my training and experience are just so many useless letters
> AFTER my name instead of a key address IN FRONT OF my name. And even > then, my objection is only because, that isn't very 'professional'.
True - but where do we draw the line? Look at the poor pharmacists who went to school longer than most nurses, and we call them 'Dave', 'Mike' , or 'Nancy'. Do they deserve a title in *front* of their name too?
True - but where do we draw the line? Look at the poor pharmacists who went to school longer than most nurses, and we call them 'Dave', 'Mike' , or 'Nancy'. Do they deserve a title in *front* of their name too?
The pharmacists in our area complete a PharmD program, so they actually call them Dr. so and so since it is an 8 year program like med students.
I am a woman and I get bothered by the term "male nurse".
Of course a nurse is a nurse to most people, but I think there is a generational gap as far as the acceptance of men in female dominated occupations and women in male dominated occupations.
My dad is a frequent patient of the VA hospital, he is also one of those "Archie Bunker" types. To him, there are only nurses and orderlies. I have explained to him NUMEROUS times that when their id badge has an LPN or RN after their name they are a nurse...not a male nurse, not an orderly, and not gay. My dad also refers to women as "girl cops" and "female firefighters"...this all infuriates me to no end
I honestly don't understand why some of you have a problem with the term Male RN. I'm very proud to be a heterosexual male, as well as very proud to be an RN. Gender stereotyping still exsist [not as prevalent as 15-20 yrs ago] in the nursing profession. The term nursing is thought of by the majority of our patients as a female position, whether some of you are willing to admit it or not. So, by saying I'm a Male RN I see myself as an advocate for the nursing profession as a whole. Nursing should be looked upon as a position in the medical field, rather than a gender related field. Look, only 7% of RNs are males. Therefore, I'm proud to be a Male RN.
Not sure if you meant it to sound discriminatory. Would you be proud if you or a son weren't heterosexual?
Okay, fair question. Let me explain; To the best of my knowledge, around 93% of RNs are female. Plus, a vast majority of the public still regard the nursing profession as a female gender position that serves the physician, not the patient. Then, in fact the vast majority of the public regard male nurses as gay. I don't know what percentage of the 7% [Male RNs] is gay, or heterosexual. Yet, I'm proud to inform the public via my patients that nursing is an autonomous position with both male [including heterosexual] & female nurses that serve the patient.
I hope that made sense.
BTW, I have two sons; one is an Army ROTC Cadet w/goal of becoming a surgeon & another son that is a Marilyn Manson fan, high school drop out, and at 25 yrs old has no direction in life. So, I love both of my sons, yet proud of only one of them.
lol.....its fine to butt in. i live in salt lake city. my duaghter in law is a computer engineer. what she hates is getting together with her "peers' (male, white, caucasain, middle age) and when she talks, they don't look at her face......their gaze seems to be between the floor and the top of her head. if you get my drift. :angryfire
lol.....its fine to butt in. i live in salt lake city. my duaghter in law is a computer engineer. what she hates is getting together with her "peers' (male, white, caucasain, middle age) and when she talks, they don't look at her face......their gaze seems to be between the floor and the top of her head. if you get my drift. :angryfire
jill
jill, you lost me. :uhoh21: i guess its pass my bedtime. :chuckle
jill, you lost me. :uhoh21: i guess its pass my bedtime. :chuckle
lol... i am responding to a post that was sort of midway in this discussion. an engineer posted about how people assume her to be male. she said, "sorry for butting in". i responded to her post cause i live in utah too, and her comment reminded me of my daughter in law.
i will apologize too.......i replied to sort of a lost link? does that make senes? i think i need to go to bed too. :lol_hitti :selfbonk:
jill, you lost me. :uhoh21: i guess its pass my bedtime. :chuckle
lol... i am responding to a post that was sort of midway in this discussion. an engineer posted about how people assume her to be male. she said, "sorry for butting in". i responded to her post cause i live in utah too, and her comment reminded me of my daughter in law.
i will apologize too.......i replied to sort of a lost link? does that make senes? i think i need to go to bed too. :lol_hitti :selfbonk:
I am Proud to be a NURSE, who happens to be a male. When I get forms asking for titles, Mr. Mrs. Miss. Ms. or other, I fill in the other section with Nurse! :chuckle
When people ask me what im going to school for,,and i say NURSING,,they kinda look at me different since im a guy,,,but then i just make a joke out of it:
"yeah im going for NURSING,,,the RN program,,i wasnt smart enuff to be a Doctor!"
lol.....its fine to butt in. i live in salt lake city. my duaghter in law is a computer engineer. what she hates is getting together with her "peers' (male, white, caucasain, middle age) and when she talks, they don't look at her face......their gaze seems to be between the floor and the top of her head. if you get my drift. :angryfire
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> This is my problem: the term, nurse, is a description as opposed to doctor, > which is a title.
> I do not object in the least to being referred to as a nurse. I object to the > fact that my training and experience are just so many useless letters
> AFTER my name instead of a key address IN FRONT OF my name. And even > then, my objection is only because, that isn't very 'professional'.
True - but where do we draw the line? Look at the poor pharmacists who went to school longer than most nurses, and we call them 'Dave', 'Mike' , or 'Nancy'. Do they deserve a title in *front* of their name too?