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Don’t call them ‘male nurses’
Missourian ^
| 5/3/05
| Laura Hammagren
Posted on 05/03/2005 1:39:42 PM PDT by pissant
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To: SteveMcKing
What was that Cosby "tonsils" routine where he goes, "Hey you, almost a doctor"
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:51:58 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
To: Siouxz
I'll take your word for it! ;o)
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:51:58 PM PDT
by
pissant
(select your paddle carefully)
To: pissant
OR and ER are great places for "male nurses" - pretty intense work environment. Aside from the stigma of being a "nurse," these are areas where things can be just as hairy (and more so at times) as being an EMT/Paramedic, which is a predominantly male job category.
But the answer to this problem is simple - change the job title to reflect something other than nurse. (Can't use "tech" because that often suggests lower pay grades within the field of healthcare.) There's just too much history behind nursing tied to women. Even the term "nursing" has an alternate definition - breastfeeding. I believe that both men and women might be more likely to pursue the career if the job title were more gender-neutral.
To: pissant
Blah, blah, blah.
People. Nurse people. Human Nurse. Homo sapien nurse. Nurses. Blah, blah, blah.
pissant just posted this because he has the hots for the nurse uniforms of yesteryear.
The only necessary (?) distinction regarding gender in jobs, is when there is a job occupied by a woman which is usually only occupied by a male, due to strength requirements. Such as firefighter, police officer, construction worker.
I firmly believe, however, that no man should be a gynecologist. Absurd!
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:52:41 PM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: pissant
Male nurses are in complete demand across the country, because most are physically stronger and can help to lift patients out of bed.
Also, they don't go on maternity leaves.
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:52:51 PM PDT
by
wrathof59
("to the Everlasting Glory of the Infantry".........Robert A Heinlein)
To: anniegetyourgun
But then we can't rib the fellers for being male nurses!
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:53:14 PM PDT
by
pissant
(select your paddle carefully)
To: BerthaDee
"pissant just posted this because he has the hots for the nurse uniforms of yesteryear".
__________________________________________
Refresh my memory
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:54:15 PM PDT
by
pissant
(select your paddle carefully)
To: AQGeiger
There is one aspect that the article didn't mention and that is in the common view, boys are doctors; girls are nurses. A male nurse is therefore someone not good enough to be a doctor. Of course this doesn't recognize that a nurse is a highly skilled individual and often as good as a doctor when it comes to care decisions. But it is definitely second place so I think it is a competence concern revealed by gender stereotypes. Note that the concern is highest in older patients who grew up under the boy =, girl = model. I'm not saying it is well-founded or anything, just why I think people react the way they do.
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:54:34 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(The murder of Terri Schindler Schiavo - NOT IN OUR NAME)
To: Oberon
LOL. Not quite what I was expecting.
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:55:20 PM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: BerthaDee
To: pissant
The one job title that sticks it to the guys the same way school sports sticks it to the girls. I was always annoyed when you'd have the Bulldogs (the guys), and then you'd have the "Lady Bulldogs".
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:56:40 PM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: anniegetyourgun
Doesn't matter. Women know what to do with those things.
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:56:40 PM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: pissant
UMKC has made an effort to teach and prepare underrepresented groups to be successful in nursing; the UMKC School of Nursing targets blacks, Hispanics, Asians and men. How does having more minorities improve healthcare?
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:56:40 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Question Liberalism)
To: pissant
You asked....something about wanting pics of male nurses in uniforms of yesteryear?
To: BerthaDee
LOL - in a good mood or a bad mood ?
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:57:42 PM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: anniegetyourgun
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:58:08 PM PDT
by
pissant
(select your paddle carefully)
To: pissant
Or maybe you wanted pic of a "hot" female nurse in uniform of yesteryear?
To: anniegetyourgun
But I prefer these two...
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posted on
05/03/2005 1:59:31 PM PDT
by
pissant
(select your paddle carefully)
To: pissant
100 years ago - secretaries were men. Society was not sure women could do a satisfactory job as a secretary. That was when skirts were floor length though...
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posted on
05/03/2005 2:00:05 PM PDT
by
NorthGA
To: pissant
I know....you wanted to see a hot anime nurse:
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