ok - listen - First this is a second career for me and- Two, Cosmetolgy was my first for many years.
I am so accustomed to the world of beauty as I know it with glamourous hair and well manicured nails and such and I feel like I am always this plain Jane all the time. I just wanna run out and get a nice french manicure, french pedicure and stick my foot in a sexy shoe, not some danskos -you know? I am sick of this dog gone pulled back look and or ponytail. I just feel so un-sexy all the time and it starting to affect my self esteem. Not that any of that makes you, but it has been a part of me for so looooong. You know how it is when you get done up and you get an instant bit of swagger in your walk. I'm having some trouble adjusting sometimes. I don't feel like this most days at all but when I do - boy do I feel it. When off the clock, I'm too tired to even care about sexy. It's so sad, because all I do is find some more unsexy clothes like sweats when off the clock- so I am constantly in a state of unsexy.
My husband and his friends (as well as our male co-workers) all say the same thing about me and my RN friends- female nurses have the dirtiest minds ever, they are generalizing but when it comes to the group I know, they are so right!
That in itself is sexy! Women are as bad as men, if not far worse! If the average man could hear the conversations I hear at work...........
That is so funny!! I almost spit Coke on my laptop. One of our docs who was very nice, but very good and he knew it, and always tried to act very professional at work. Well one day he started to tell me (in confidence) about how he thought my RN friend was so hot and how he got so nervous around her, and did I think she would go on a date with him, blah, blah, blah. Well when we turned around, not only was she standing there, but so was one of our PAs (she's a big smarta$$) and a few other nurses. I thought he was gonna die!! They did go on a few dates, but I think he couldn't get over his embarassment (that and how we all gave him so much crap!), he is now back to being MR. Professional, and it takes a lot more for me to get a smile out of him.
Oh and by the way, nothing gets me more than to see some of our flight nurses in their uniforms, sooo hot!!! And we have an ortho doc and a PA just like the one you described, very, very sexy (tall, dark, and handsome), we are all great friends, but they know that we drool about them to each other when the trauma is done and they leave the room. When they come up to talk to us, we all stop whatever we are doing so we can all say hi like little school girls, sure helps on those bad nights to have something so pretty to look at.
My husband and his friends (as well as our male co-workers) all say the same thing about me and my RN friends- female nurses have the dirtiest minds ever, they are generalizing but when it comes to the group I know, they are so right!
Seriously. Some of the conversations we've had on night shift would make a sailor blush.
We have a fellow (in the academic sense of the word) that half the floor has a crush on. If he's covering, word spreads like wildfire. He's brilliant, he's respectful, he treats the nurses as the professionals we are, and he's a hoot besides. He's the perfect doc to have on a night shift when you have six patients and three are about to crash. We even have a code name for him - a play on his name that I obviously won't go into here to protect the not-so-innocent!
Specializes in geriatrics, long term care, oncology.
I don't think you are referring to being sexy at work are you? I think I know what you mean. I work at my upkeep to stay sexy. I shave my legs and pits q day, keep my short nails polished even if it has to be clear or a pale pink for work, keep my hair colored, keep my eyebrows up and work at keeping my face clear and moist, keep fit and at a healthy weight with exercise. When I am well groomed, well rested and healthy I feel sexy and strong. I am proud to be a nurse and that's empowering which is sexy too. I also favor solid scrubs because they look more professional and slimming. When I feel sleak, slim and well groomed I walk taller and actually feel more confident and that's sexy tooo, or at least that's what my boyfriend tells me. It's easy to feel neutered when you wear pajamas and sensible shoes to work, but with just a little more effort you can get past it.It's a head thing more than anything else. Good luck girlfriend, you can be a nurse and be sexy too!
Im sexy when I go home. At work, Im professional. My mind matters, not my "sexy" But at home.....I'm HOT! My husband is in the business and respects that. Nursing is intellectual. Alot of people still expect the virginal caps and whites (gross, I know) But, that expectation is there, and is required to build theraputic relationships (especially with the elderly) Your touching too many 70-90 yr old scrotums to be "sexy" Get over it, take care of yourself, and be hot off work!
Sexy is a mindset- an attitude- it is a certain confidence that one has regardless of what one is wearing/doing etc. I don't need to be wearing my kitten heels, cute outfit and makeup to feel sexy.
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That in itself is sexy! Women are as bad as men, if not far worse! If the average man could hear the conversations I hear at work...........