What other call you Sister/Nurse?

[LasercopyNurse, BSN]

Greetings to all 
I am establishing this topic to discuss how nurses are addressed in hospitals with different cultures and locations. 
In Kuwait, we tend to call colleagues nurses sisters/brothers and our direct supervisors by the same pronouns Sister/Brothers unless that supervisor tells us to address them by Mr./Mrs./Ms or our nurse manager. We address them by official pronouns like Mr./Mrs./Ms. 

How do you address your colleagues and supervisors?
I believe that Nursing is an independent profession, and our terms should be the same. Physicians are called Doctors regardless of registered level Physicians or senior Physicians. They are addressed as doctors, and their emails are titled Dr. 

I am implying why not as a nurse we be addressed as Nurse. In the emails, we can address others as Nr. as Nurse. I am doing that for personal and discussing such matters, nothing else. What is your opinion on such a concept?  

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

My colleagues are called by their first names. Depending on the doctor, they are either addressed by Dr. XXX or their first name. NICU is one of those unique units that the physicians are on the unit the entire shift which results in a close working relationship. While the physician is the leader of the team (nursing, RT, Speech Therapy, OT), they are not put on a pedestal. I have yet to have a physician have an issue being called by their first name.  

[LasercopyNurse, BSN]

17 hours ago, NICU Guy said:

My colleagues are called by their first names. Depending on the doctor, they are either addressed by Dr. XXX or their first name. NICU is one of those unique units that the physicians are on the unit the entire shift which results in a close working relationship. While the physician is the leader of the team (nursing, RT, Speech Therapy, OT), they are not put on a pedestal. I have yet to have a physician have an issue being called by their first name.  

Agree that some get upset if called by their name. 

To my best knowledge, some areas tend to address nurses as Nurse. XXX rather than brother/sister in my area, most likely we call each other by brother/sister except the seniors when I asked them why they tend to call by that title brother/sister. They answered how they used to address each other, and we are following the same. I opened the discussion point that a professional title is more appealing than a common title in the workplace. Some agreed, and some disagreed.

Do you agree that better to call our colleagues by Nurse.XXX or simply a first name?

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

In the US, it is very uncommon to use "Nurse" title. I have never addressed a colleague by Nurse XXX and I have never heard of anyone doing it.  My coworkers would think that it is strange to use the "Nurse" title when talking to them. How would you address the ancillary members of the team, such as Respiratory Therapist, OT, Speech Therapy? Calling them by their first name and having them call me Nurse XXX would give the impression of a higher status. We are are all equals, to some degree physicians included. In addition, the US utilizes Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Physician Assistant (PA) in the Provider role. How would we address them? It is much simpler to call them be their first name. We are all professional in of respective role, we do not need to be called by a title to be professional. Most US hospitals utilize a color code system for scrubs. In my hospital system: nurses wear Galaxy Blue, Therapy (RT, OT, Speech Therapy) wear dark gray, PCA/Unit secretary wear light gray, Housekeeping wears Maroon. By wearing a certain color scrub top/pants indicates to other employees, visitors, patients what your role is.