Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

Farawyn · Dec 22, 2015

Well you too must be pretty.
I never get asked for anything lol (j/k)

I'm in my 40s and I often get mistaken for someone in my late 80s.

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Dec 22, 2015

Met my hubby in high school. Where I work there are maaaaaybe 10 men total (Non-Md). There are about 500 women. Those aren't great odds. Most of the Md's are either married, engaged, playing the field while in a relationship (gross), or life long bachelor. Again there are prob. 10 truely "single" and looking MD's as well - with 500 or so women to choose from.

BeachsideRN, ASN · Dec 22, 2015

The most annoying people to study with in my nursing program are those that are boy/girl crazy.

Flyboy17 · Dec 22, 2015

My wife and I met in our local hospital ED. She was a nurse and I was a tech in nursing school. We were sure to stay very professional when working together. We would never witness med wastes together or anything like that. But she has been the highlight of my life and I owe it all to those that we worked with that pushed us closer together.

iluvivt, BSN, RN · Dec 22, 2015

I don't live by that rule (no dating where you work) because I trust my ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them. I am so so grateful that I do not or I would not have the most precious beautiful daughter that I have! I married an RN and now date the most kind and awesome RT!

SwansonRN · Dec 22, 2015

I've never been married, but my current serious boyfriend is a doctor I met at work. It's certainly possible to find romance in the hospital setting, but it's risky business. I've had it succeed (current beau) and I've had it blow up in my face. Just proceed with caution.

traveler782 · Dec 22, 2015

I agree. Personally I have experienced work place romance. While it is a seemingly good idea if it does not work out its makes for uncomfortable and awkward work environment at the very least. Also it can affect your coworker interactions. Just not worth potential drama for me.

f1j1nurse · Dec 22, 2015

I met my husband in jail. No he is no an inmate and no I did not plan to have a workplace romance but hey it happened. We do not work together anymore and that was by choice:)

donsterRN, ASN, BSN · Dec 22, 2015

I was married long before I became a nurse.

traveler782 · Dec 22, 2015

I've never been married, but my current serious boyfriend is a doctor I met at work. It's certainly possible to find romance in the hospital setting, but it's risky business. I've had it succeed (current beau) and I've had it blow up in my face. Just proceed with caution.

I have seen my fare share of nurses date and be traded in for other nurses by doctors. I think that is normally a difficult dynamic to maintain as you are professionally beneath doctors or as most doctors see it. I generally caution new grades from dating up the healthcare ladder and avoid hospital romances or at very least avoid same department romances.

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Dec 22, 2015

I have seen my fare share of nurses date and be traded in for other nurses by doctors. I think that is normally a difficult dynamic to maintain as you are professionally beneath doctors or as most doctors see it. I generally caution new grades from dating up the healthcare ladder and avoid hospital romances or at very least avoid same department romances.

In my neck of the woods, a few MDs are notorious for this, as well as having a wife that they are "leaving any day", and have been going to leave for years. The new girlfriend always thinks she is the one that will make them leave (as I said, more than 1 MD in my area does this out in the open). I'm pretty sure that the wives are aware, they just don't want to give up the life they've grown accustomed to. The few singles actually openly joke about using various nurses, they have girlfriends that are further up the social ladder. It has also led to a few nurses being dismissed when issues arose after the breakups. Of course, the jerk doctors never suffer.

traveler782 · Dec 22, 2015

Yup, seen the same every where I have been as travel nurse. I have seen cardiologist, hospitalists, specialists and I would say 75% of the surgeons I have worked with use the attractive nurses as side play things. Buy them car on side or even put them up in apartments then dispose them once the wife gets annoyed enough to make a fuss about it. Then the single doctors romance and sex them up...then dispose them. I knew a nurse she was finally going to quit her job she proclaimed help the surgeon maintain his house and beach house. She got a new Range Rover..was looking good until a new nurse started on the unit who was more attractive. Though the new nurse was married the surgeon pursued and broke up that marriage. The previous nurse was bitter and gossiped about him...she was "left go" by the hospital for being late on medication administration as well being a poor team player! She was a good nurse and only med she was late on was protonix or such..talking about an hour late on rare occasion. Got rid of her! Not sure what happened to that new play toy nurse he adopted as I ended up taking another job. Wash, Rinse and repeat...same scenario with variations most places I work. Not all are this way but most are.

I knew another nurse who started dating a cardiologist. He was married...ordered the nurse a Porsche for Christmas one year. It was delivered to his house by accident with a bow on it! The wife thought it was hers lol...he had to buy two Porsches except he made sure the mistress nurse got the second one lol. Oh he did finally leave his wife once his daughtesr turned 18. The plot twist.....he left his wife and his mistress for an attractive cath lab nurse! Touche I say, touche!

I say it is like Greys Anatomy but with less attractive people. ;-)