This post is meant as a bit of light relief and certainly not meant to be taken too seriouly. Last night one of the nurses in my department said they had read an article saying that despite the growth of the internet the most likely place that people meet partners is at work so we had a quick pole to see if this was the case. The results are as follows:
1) Police Officers - the run away winners with 8 nurses in our department in a relationshipwith a police officer, must be the uniforms!!.
2) Other nurses - came in at number 2 with an equal mix of people having met at nursing school or once qualified.
3) Paramedics - all had met through work
4) Radiographer - again another meet through work
5) Doctor - only came in at way down the list, clearly we have not been reading enough Mills and Boons!!! It's funny when I started training in the olden days the first thing my 90year old Grandma said was "how lovely you'll be able to meet a handsome Doctor" never had the heart to tell her the reality!!:)
It's fair to say we also had nurses who met their partners away from work and are in relationships with a teacher, farmer, car salesman and vet!!!!
As I said it's just for fun but now it's over to you - who do nurses marry or have as civil partners?????:redbeathe
Specializes in Pulmonary, Lung Transplant, Med/Surg.
I fit the stereotype! Met my cop husband while I was still in nursing school, he's a campus policeman where I went to school :-) Unfortunately he's super squeamish so I enjoy his stories MUCH more than he likes mine!
- Cops are a big one. I know I've dated cops before I was a nursing student or people trying to become a cop.
- Medical doctors in the ER seem to be a big one or they are married to nurses. I dated a doctor but I won't again. I admit, I have a thing for tall, dark, and foreign. Except the guy I am dating now is the opposite.
- Firefighters is a big one. The paramedics around here are usually firefighters.
- Other nurses, especially males. Usually from a different department but in the same hospital. For male nurses, this seems to be the number one other type.
Current boy is some type of electrical engineer. No college but he makes more than I will when I graduate hourly and because he works so much, he'll make double any starting salary in a year. He went through the military so he kinda fits the cops thing.
PS with all due respect, any nurse married to or dating a paramedic is going to be the one paying for everything. I'm allowed to say this because I'm an EMT and ALMOST a nurse!
Bezoars
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Hubby is with Federal Dept. of Justice.