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Young Nurses in Love

Here is a question to ponder. Does nursing culture influence literature or does literature influence nusing culture?

Okay, I know it is not as simple as that but I thought it would be interesting to explore the various influences that help construct "nursing identity" in the eyes of the public. Take for example the following:

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"Linda Lark soothes the sick and injured at General Hospital and elsewhere, and pursues her heart's desire, young Dr. Joe Blasko, despite inevitable complications."

http://www.netwrx1.net/CherryAmes/index.html

Sign of the times or enduring legacy?

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What a hoot!

Thanks for posting the website! Lots of fun stuff & things to think about.

Nursing definately influences the literature because just like the first poster, I always have time to freshen up my lipstick and carry around my compact during clinicals :roll

Thanks for sharing, these are a real hoot!!

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susanmerton.jpg "Blonde and beautiful, deceitful and dangerous, Susan Merton is both nurse and spy for Uncle Sam."

http://www.netwrx1.net/CherryAmes/susanmerton.html

"...deceitful and dangerous..." Wow! Who knew that was a positive attribute for a nurse. Could this be the etiology of nursing eating their young?

Stay Tuned for another History Lesson of "Young Nurses in Literature!"

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Whoa now!!

I still have all my Cherry Ames books. I faithfully went to Efird's Dept. Store and bought the newest as they were printed. They cost a dollar back then ( a LOT of money to me). I wish I'd saved the dust jackets, because the books are a faded dusty red with a cross-hatch pattern.formatblock3.jpg

I wanted to be Cherry Ames. I made my Mother get me white crossover curtains and I tied them back with red ribbon, just like Cherry.

Man that gal could do ANYTHING. And wow did she ever switch jobs. It makes my 5 or 6 puny little workplaces look like nothin'.

I guess Cherry Ames was my inspiration to become a nurse. Too bad it never worked out exactly like she would have done. Mama still has those curtains BTW.

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Originally posted by P_RN

I guess Cherry Ames was my inspiration to become a nurse. Too bad it never worked out exactly like she would have done. Mama still has those curtains BTW.

I can respect that. My literary hero growing up was Tom Swift. Trouble was, he is not a nurse!

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Thanks for the memories and the laugh. I always have perfectly groomed hair, a crisp uniform, and clean shoes. I can outguess any M.D. and work any shift without any distress to my system. I have many opportunities to change my hospital system and they are always appreciated by the administration. Nurses are powerful and well-respected in their work place. ( I have a few shares to sell in a new, can't miss, money making venture! Any one interested?)

More on Linda Carter Student Nurse:

She spends little time in the classroom but lots of time bringing trays of food to patients, going out on dates, and gabbing with the other students.

:rolleyes:

barefootlady: Trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, too? LOL!

My nurse hero was "Sue Barton." And just like Cherry Ames, Sue Barton could do anything and everything. No matter where she transferred, she could do it all. (Kind of like that nurse on "Trapper John, M.D.. She'd be in charge of M/S one minute, scrubbed in the OR the next, then working in the ED.)

this is so funny to me....kinda like those sexy little nurse dresses people wear at halloween or in "dirty movies" hehe...

first thing i think is "you cant do compressions in that thing!"

:chuckle

Wow, I used some of those same images for a seminar I wrote for school re: The Image of Nursing.

There is a great book on the topic called The Changing Image of The Nurse

by Philip A. Kalisch, PhD and Beatrice J. Kalisch, RN EdD, FAAN

ISBN 0-201-11655-3

It is out of print. Took me a long time to find it.

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And just how is Nursing Image served by stereotypes such as those illustrated here?

nelliethenurse06.jpg "Nurse Nellie Nelson pursues Doc Snazzy Wilks in a series of comical romantic adventures in and around the hospital where they work."

It seems that all that Nurses care about is having romantic adventures?

:confused:

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