Male + Nurse = Murse

[awilhelm]

Hello everyone. I was wanting to get all of your perceptions on the word MURSE. All of my high school friends and life-long friends always refer to me as a murse. This does not offend me in anyway, shape or form. I have; however, encountered some nurses that think this term is negative. Can I get your feedback?

[Corvette Guy]

I once got called a "boy nurse" by a young mom a few months ago, and it has stuck. I am the only guy on my shift in NICU, so my friends and coworkers now refer to me jokingly as the "boy nurse". I really don't mind. It's more comical than offensive, as I am by far the youngest RN in my unit.

Old Username: SteveRN21

New Username: Boy Nurse

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

Old Username: SteveRN21

New Username: Boy Nurse

That could be arranged

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

Very interesting thread. In the UK I would call myself a Staff nurse to kinda indicate I was a qualified nurse, because a lot of the unqualified staff would call themselves nurses. I am proud to be an RN I worked hard to achieve that qualification.

[bones221]

I can't tell you how excited I am to be starting nursing school this August! It's been a long strange trip coming to this point, but that's probably the case for a lot of us here. I just wanted to it say again, to whoever will listen.

The term "male nurse" has always seemed a bit silly to me. After all, nobody ever referred to me as a "male sausage-maker", a "male ski instructor", or a "male mortorcycle mechanic".

Now whenever some one says something in the vein of, "gosh, it sure is great that you're gonna be a 'male nurse' ". I adopt a bemused expression and say something like..."Oh no, I'm not gonna be a 'male nurse', I'll help women too"!

lookin' forward to joining your ranks!

~Eric

[ZASHAGALKA, RN]

I can't tell you how excited I am to be starting nursing school this August! It's been a long strange trip coming to this point, but that's probably the case for a lot of us here. I just wanted to it say again, to whoever will listen.

The term "male nurse" has always seemed a bit silly to me. After all, nobody ever referred to me as a "male sausage-maker", a "male ski instructor", or a "male mortorcycle mechanic".

Now whenever some one says something in the vein of, "gosh, it sure is great that you're gonna be a 'male nurse' ". I adopt a bemused expression and say something like..."Oh no, I'm not gonna be a 'male nurse', I'll help women too"!

lookin' forward to joining your ranks!

~Eric

See, 'male nurse' doesn't bother me because I understand that people still consider it unusual enough to point out the difference.

But, if it DOES bother you, then you can alternatively say, "NO, I plan on working in a hospital, not a post office when I graduate."

~faith,

Timothy.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

See, 'male nurse' doesn't bother me because I understand that people still consider it unusual enough to point out the difference.

But, if it DOES bother you, then you can alternatively say, "NO, I plan on working in a hospital, not a post office when I graduate."

~faith,

Timothy.

Good response.

I feel the same. It doesn't bother me either.

[tookewlandy]

Hello everyone. I was wanting to get all of your eprceptions on the word MURSE. All of my high school friends and life-long friends always refer to me as a murse. This does not offend me in anyway, shape or form. I have; however, encountered some nurses that think this term is negative. Can I get your feedback?

That is silly, but if it is coming from your friends and family who are just being silly then its ok i would not be offended

[linogreglayog]

hi,,,.!!!!:yeah:

nurse s for both sexes,.,.,

murse is ridiculous,,.,,..

[elvin20]

i havent heard that a male nurse is called a murse..

[Anoetos, BSN, RN]

I have heard that a hand bag or shoulder bag used by men is called a murse.

[muskylounge]

yeah tim, years ago when referring to a doctor, it was assumed that he was male and 'female or woman doctor' was used to differentiate the minority. now about 50 % of gps are female (in australia) and the image of a male is no longer assumed.

i guess it's the same for a police officer............(you had an image of a male when you read that, didn't you;) ) female police officer.

considering the high percentage of men in nursing practicing trauma and icu and with more men entering nursing in the future, mainstream society's image of a trauma-nurse or icu-nurse may become a man in scrubs.....??

i agree and disagree. i agree on principle but i had a strange expirience during one of my clinicals last year. btw i will graduate in 6 days yahoo! i was working with a client and he was talking to his wife on his cell phone and stated his dr. was had just walked in and he needed to get off the phone. the (female) neurosurgeon had followed me into the room a few minutes after the conversation and the gentleman asked if his nurse could get him something. it was a very awkward couple of minutes but a beautiful moment of stereotyping. he was older and more apt to judge based on sex.

on to the topic...my wife and i are graduateing together. we started together and will finish together. for christmas she got me a nice cross pen engraved " my favorite murse". ok, it is my wife and it is a nickname so that is as far as it goes but i am definetly not offended. i feel that although we may be a scorifice resource we have earned the right to be called nurse. murse in the professional field would not work well with me.

funny thread!

musky:yeah:

ps sorry for spelling spell check does not work here at work

[BatmanRN]

I am a nurse. That's all, nothing more or less.