"How many nurses flirt with this Doctor?"

rkitty198, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2010

Thank you for taking the time to help change the stereotypes of the nursing profession! Personally, I work in a small community hospital and I run into this way of thinking a lot. I wouldnt necessarily be bothered with these comments, again as this is very common for me.

We all cope with being sick in different ways. I think that one of the ways your father is coping is by regaining some control. It is not necessarily the "male nurse," it is finding a way to control what is happening in a situation where he has lost some control.

Nurses are there 24 hours a day and we have to deal with a lot of displaced emotional frustration and fear. All people deal with this differently.

I wouldnt take it too seriously- again from my experience. When people get hospitalized they act very differently than they do in everyday life. Some patients act like children and throw tantrums, some become quiet, some cry, some use humor. Again its just a way to cope with a scary situation.

smilealot · Dec 31, 2010

Thank you rkitty I guess I too forgot what it must have been like for him to be a patient.

Altra, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2010

I would expect that this attitude carries over to other areas of his life, as it seems to give a good deal of insight into his beliefs regarding gender roles and relationships.

smilealot · Dec 31, 2010

Altra- It does and he is very "old fashion" in some ways.

Biffbradford · Dec 31, 2010

Oh yeah, like the nurse running off with the surgeon never happens. Seen it. Kids and all. I'm sure it wasn't the first time that's happened and definitely won't be the last. I'm not saying, just saying.

tyvin, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2010

He's a victim of his generation. Back in the day (as they say) male nurses were not around so when they started showing up some of the more stubborn of the population laughed at it and wouldn't accept it. It's nobody's fault; it's just the way it was.

Your role is to educate him. He may never change his mind or accept it. Some people are stubborn like that but attitudes are changing with time and patience.

It must be my location but I'm not familiar with the surgeon/doc flirting part; is it he believes all nurses flirt with the docs; oh well, funny though. Around here we're too busy trying to interpret their handwriting skills to flirt with them.

rkitty198, BSN, RN · Jan 1, 2011

Tyvin- heheheheheh I hear ya!

Riseupandnurse · Jan 1, 2011

He has been watching too many TV shows. On TV shows nurses have all the work load and brain power of candystripers. The thought of flirting with the doctors I personally know makes me want to gag. To be fair, I'm sure it's vice versa too.

enchantmentdis, BSN, RN · Jan 1, 2011

That's nothing--my ex-mother-in-law, a so-called progressive, liberal, educated woman, told me that nurses just like to look at naked bodies. She is a teacher. Wonder how she would react if i told her all teachers are pedophiles.

allnurses Guide · Jan 1, 2011

Funny the timing of this thread although I've commented on other threads like it in the past.

There is a lot of flirting and actually dating around my hospital, between nurses/docs. And some affairs too.

A recent marriage of a nurse was broken up by her seeing one of the docs - who was living with a woman who had given birth to his son.

Nurses and docs are not immune to the things that tempt the rest of society. We overeat, we drink too much, we smoke, we screw around on our spouses . . . we aren't perfect.

steph

allnurses Guide · Jan 1, 2011

That's nothing--my ex-mother-in-law, a so-called progressive, liberal, educated woman, told me that nurses just like to look at naked bodies. She is a teacher. Wonder how she would react if i told her all teachers are pedophiles.

I've heard the same thing said about OB/GYN docs . . . . . . :rolleyes: that is crazy. :uhoh3:

steph