Can posing for a magazine on the side negatively impact me getting a job?

headofcurls, BSN, RN · Jul 16, 2018

I also think you're trolling. It's not the best idea. When I was in school I took quite a few questionable pictures because it paid well but as I got closer to senior year I realized that the risk of ruining a professional career that offers a lifetime of financial support over quick money was just too much. I still am nervous about if those pictures ever make it out later in life and I know politics could never be in my future lol.

headofcurls, BSN, RN · Jul 16, 2018

TalleyGirl said:

Does anybody buy that magazine anymore? If so...why? With internet and you can look at naked girls anytime you want to...for free!
I would think peoples FB posts, snap chat etc could do more damage. LOL...I haven't heard anybody reading or buying a playboy since the 90s..

I think we'll brcome more lax about sexy pics because of social media. But I'm not gonna be the guinea pig for that.

TruvyNurse · Jul 16, 2018

Just think...its going to be awfully emabarassing when you're caring for a patient and they're like "Hey! Its Miss October!!" Although I am all for women feeling confident, and have no problem with nudity or Playboy, your coworkers may not respect you for having been nude for the world to see.

Tacomaboy3 · Jul 16, 2018

JadedCPN said:

I have absolutely positively no problems with Playboy or anyone who chooses to pose in Playboy - I think as a society we are way too uptight about the naked body and way too judgmental.
That being said, of course there is a chance it could be detrimental to your career.

Agreed. Nudity and nakedness have been unfairly connected to immoral behavior. The BoPo and person-of-principle part of me says absolutely go for it! A naked photo shoot has nothing to do with your future nursing professionalism. But realistically, you'll likely face a lot of scrutiny and discrimination if it ever gets out at the workplace. Womp womp.

TheDudeWithTheBigDog, ADN, RN · Jul 16, 2018

alittlepatience said:

My main concern however is, if my future employer stumbles across my pics and if it will negatively affect me getting a job as a nurse.

That depends 100% on your future employer. As long as you're over 18, and there's no state laws against posing nude, that's your own business. But they are allowed to not hire you if they find out about it, it's their business, it's their choice. That said, though, anyone that would pass up a nurse just because she took some pictures while she was younger, probably isn't worth working for anyway, they're the ones that are more focused on their image rather than their quality.

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Jul 17, 2018

tonyl1234 said:

That depends 100% on your future employer. As long as you're over 18, and there's no state laws against posing nude, that's your own business. But they are allowed to not hire you if they find out about it, it's their business, it's their choice. That said, though, anyone that would pass up a nurse just because she took some pictures while she was younger, probably isn't worth working for anyway, they're the ones that are more focused on their image rather than their quality.

Not if you have a roomful of equally qualified new grads that don't have a picture of their ***** in their resume.

Oh, and it's gonna happen.

FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2018

I don't think that it *should* affect one's ability to get a nursing job. But I think that it *could* affect one's ability to get a job. And if the market is bad, I think it probably would. If the market is good then it probably would not.

As far as regrets, I find that people generally regret the things they don't do more than the things they do. I never posed for a magazine or worked as a stripper, but now that I'm too old to do it, I kind of wish I had just for the experience.

One more thought on this: My son found an old music video from the 1990's featuring his gym teacher pouring beer on her cleavage and some other corny, sexy stuff. It circulated around school before it was taken off youtube. He asked me if I thought she would lose her job. I told him she certainly would not. That working as an actress before she became a teacher was not cause for dismissal from her teaching position, and that he had no right or reason to treat her with any disrespect now or any time in the future because of this.

And that is how I think each of us should respond to attempts to shame, bribe, control professional women who have documentation of their sexiness somewhere.

Sour Lemon · Jul 19, 2018

Guy in Babyland said:

I wouldn't risk causing difficulty in your nursing career. Besides that, I am sure that Playboy is very selective on their models. It is not as if you can call up Playboy and say "Put me in your magazine" and they say "Sure, we will leave a spot for you in the next edition."

To be fair, their standards seem to have gone way down over the past several years. Maybe it is that easy.

Neats, BSN · Jul 24, 2018

It is so funny to see all the "male" answers in this thred. Ether this is a prank or you are really serious.

To me if I needed the monies and the picture was tasteful then I would do it to pay off my college bill. Professionalism aside you better be a great nurse who adheres to policy/procedure because you will already be pre-judged if you do this. If you are a great knowledgeable nurse, competent and are not taxing on your boss I really do not think anyone cares. I would never know you did this aside from someone at work talking around the water cooler gossiping and if I hear this type of discussion I shut it down fast. Just be prepared for someone to say something to you or your boss about a picture they saw looking just like you...I will not understand why we are so hung up about our bodies, all are beautiful wonderful machines.