Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in Medical Floor RN.

Hello everyone:

I just had to vent about this recent video that I saw on Comcast "The Fan". It is a video about a new requirement that one Spain hospital is requiring of their nurses. The newscast states that these nurses must wear mini-skirts in order to receive a bonus each month. But, if that were not bad enough in itself, the way the Fox News crew that talk about the newscast is even more disturbing. I pray that one day these sickening comments and stereotypes will go away. If any of you have a way to spread the word that this is not the way that nurses need to be portrayed, please pass this along and share this story/video or post here how others can help and let's help stop the sexist views of our profession.

http://www.comcast.net/data/fan/html/popup.html?v=699791179&pl=699841989.xml&plc=699841989&launchpoint=Cover&cid=fancover&attr=default_headline&config=/config/common/fan/default.xml

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Faux News.......:rolleyes:

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Specializes in Medical Floor RN.

Even if this were to be found as "faux news", the news crew that spoke of this, real or fake, story should not have spoken about nurses in this way. It is degrading and horrible that this is ever allowed on our news channels.

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Specializes in LTC.

WTH!! :nono: Im speechless, and thats rare.

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

Oh my. **sigh** :no:

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

Mmmmmm, April Fools Day is really big in Europe? It's all I got.

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This must be a joke...that was pathetic. I need to pick my jaw up off the floor now.

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Don't think it's an April Fool's thing. I saw this on TV a few days ago.

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Specializes in Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg.

Good thing I look good in a mini skirt. :chuckle

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

He was dumb enough to post an email addy at the end. Perhaps we should email him and tell him what we think. Just a thought.

WTH is fox news thinking???

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

You know I thought this must surely be a April Fool's joke, but I did a google search, and found this and a few other sites with the story:

http://http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4544757&affil=wear

This story was posted 3/30/08. This is an outrage!

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.
Good thing I look good in a mini skirt. :chuckle

I bet they would pay me more money if I never wore one again than they would if I did :no:

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