Nurses General Nursing
Published Oct 10, 2002
MICU RN
263 Posts
I recently read that some nursing schools are actually thinking about a title change to reflect the more modern role we play in healthcare. Good idea or bad ? Just think this may actually lead to an upgrade in our curriculum. I personally don't care if they change the name.
Sleepyeyes
1,244 Posts
nooooooooo!!
to paraphrase Bones to Capt. Kirk:
"Dammit jim, I'm a NURSE, not a politically correct over-educated public-relations flunkie."
Brownms46
1 Article; 2,394 Posts
What about Health Care Consultant...???
SmilingBluEyes
20,964 Posts
sounds like Mary Kay or something. lol, Browns........
whipping girl in 07, RN
697 Posts
Not only will we make you well, we'll make you PRETTY too!
fab4fan
1,173 Posts
Sounds like a tricky way to get around differentiating between licensed and unlicensed personnel.
In fact, a lot like the hospital who had been calling (and I am not making this up) UAP's "NRN" which meant "non-registered nurse."
Vsummer1
656 Posts
health care clinician?
*****Nurse Goddess Extraordinaire (or N.G.E.), A.S.N., A.S.*****
-------outrageous---- but I HAPPEN TO LIKE IT! Sorry, but after all the heavy-duty threads I have been in on, this was a way for me to have some fun. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread!
NannaNurse
266 Posts
I personally like this one..........PMM.........Provider of Modern Miracles........we are expected to do all , know all, put up with all and read peoples minds....especially the MD's.
What type of titles are they thinking of anyways???????
PHD.....Personal Health Director
MHW...Miracle Health Worker
DDC....Doctor De-Cypher........heehee
CAC....Catcher of All Crap
Ok, I'll quit while I'm ahead...........it's been a long day and this is kinda fun!!
:rotfl: SmilingBluEyes
Senior Member
(Post# 4)
sounds like Mary Kay or something. lol, Browns........konni
Thankful member
(Post# 5)
:rotfl:
Even though I like SmilingBlu's title...I think I will go with CAC...as it totally describes how I see things sometimes....especially when have to make that infamous call during the nite...:chuckle
Stargazer
859 Posts
Originally posted by fab4fan Sounds like a tricky way to get around differentiating between licensed and unlicensed personnel. In fact, a lot like the hospital who had been calling (and I am not making this up) UAP's "NRN" which meant "non-registered nurse."
NON-REGISTERED NURSE? Does the state BON know about this?
I dunno--these kinds of things rarely accomplish what they set out to do, which is to improve the status or lend dignity to a job which traditionally has not had much. Flight attendants have had some success getting away from "stewardess", and changing "janitor" to "custodian" has been, what, 50% effective maybe, but how many of you call the garbageman a "sanitation worker" or "waste removal engineer" or whatever they call themselves? And for those who HAVE successfully changed their titles--has it fundamentally changed how the public perceives them?
Better to educate the public on what nurses do and who we are--and how much the profession has evolved in the past 50 years or so--than to try to hide from the stereotypes by changing our job titles.