Young Nurses in Love

hbscott · Nov 25, 2003

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

"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:

SmilingBluEyes · Nov 25, 2003

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

[it seems that all that Nurses care about is having romantic adventures?

the mindset persists. There are threads here in our archives from what I presume are young ladies asking how many here got into nursing to marry doctors. Yep even in good ole 2003 there are girls out there who pin all their future and hopes on marrying a rich, sexy doctor.....(too bad for them). I would not marry one if I were looking even. I was gratified to note most nurses would not either, and considered themselves independent professionals who did not get into nursing to marry a doctor and live on the fairway.:chuckle

June55Baby · Nov 25, 2003

fab4fan... Sue Barton was my nurse heroine, too! I read all the books about her that the little Mississippi public library had! Where is the Sue Barton web site?

hbscott · Nov 25, 2003

Are "stereotypes" a reflection of reality or something else? How are these stereotypes born? What's wrong about nurses wanting to marry doctors unless of course it gets in the way of patient care...

:eek:

sanakruz, ADN · Nov 25, 2003

How do they manage to keep their caps on when they embrace?

laughingfairy · Nov 25, 2003

To think my nurse hero was "Hot lips" from M*A*S*H. And even she was busy chasing a doctor. LOL.

hbscott · Nov 25, 2003

Do you think "Hot Lips" was a good role model for nursing? She comes across as less than perfect but you never doubt her commitment to nursing and her patients.

SmilingBluEyes · Nov 25, 2003

See the old threads as to what many feel is wrong with getting into nursing to meet and marry a doctor. I will not get into it here.

You are spending WAY too much time on this....

hbscott · Nov 25, 2003

Good data collection takes time, patience and persistence. As I said in the original post this is about the various influences that contribute to the construction of nursing identity in the public's mind's eye.

stressednurse · Nov 25, 2003

Looks like its time for a new nursing story series. My Nurse will be independant and own her own home. She will work just daylight 7am to 3:30pm monday thru friday. She will also have 2.5 kids that she raised herself cuz her husband is in jail or she divorced him because he couldn't handle her independance. (not sure which story line I like best).

She drives a sports car in the mild months and a sporty pickup in the winter. Her daughter is going to college on a scholarship with a major in biology intending to do research as an intern during her sophmore year.

Her interests include Golf, bicycling, dancing, gourmet cooking and skiing.

She goes on two week long vacations each year, one in summer and one in winter. These are pre-planned a year ahead of time and the location is secured for 2 adults. She seems to find someone to join her every 6 months and has a good time. These are all short lived romances because she just dosen't find any of these men interesting enough after about 3 months.

She has worked many different units and held some management postions but continues to change where she works about every 3 years.

Oh yeh the real clincher, ALL the 1st and 2nd year interns (male of course) are madly incessed with her. It is rare that she finds a doctor intern interesting, most are too focused on getting a foothold in this mad and changing medical environment.

Anyone want to add to this.....Maybe I will make it its own "you add to the story line"

What do you think?

:nurse:

hbscott · Nov 26, 2003

Very Nice! But would it be a best seller? Would nurses connect with your character? Could children read your stories or would this book be found in the adults only section of the bookstore? Just kidding of course but I wonder what is the latest book out there is in popular fiction that illustrates nursing and nursing practice?

Anybody Know?

:cool:

hbscott · Nov 26, 2003

Unless nurses can learn to representthemselves, their interests and those of their clients more effectively, they will continue to be a large body of professionals with a relatively small voice within the wider political, social and health-care arenas.

http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:Z7wzRrLk2YQJ:www.nursing-standard.co.uk/archives/vol13-49/v13w49p3942.pdf+nursing+in+literature&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

:)