Put male nurses in panties!?

[Anonymous]

Urban legend... But interesting...


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[michigan]

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Some male nurses, however, are quite feminine in appearance and dress accordingly, including one particularly sweet boy who works the night shift at the hospital where I work. He's just out of nursing school and and of course, ladies uniform tops and bottoms

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I am starting nursing school in the fall, and right now I am getting all my prereqs done.

It never entered my mind that there were different scrubs for males and females, they all kind of looked alike to me - baggy tops and baggy pants. When I am in hospitals as a non-med I looked at doctors and male and female nurses, they all looked alike to me what the guys or girls wear. What am I missing?

HOw do I know if a scub is a male or female scub? Are there any colors (besides the obvious pink and flowered designed) that are only to be worn by females?

I bought a couple of new cheap scubs at a local close out sale- how do I know if I bought male or female scubs? They are blue, and I was using them for exercising at the current time, and I was planning on wearing them in school.

When I start nursing school, are they going to tell me what Kind of scubs to get? and what color? does it matter if I wear white or blue or whatever? are there different scubs that student nurses wear, what doctors wear , and whatever?

What about the white jackets that doctors and nurses wear, what are the rules on that?

Just exactly what are the "rules" on scubs or uniforms?

[mercynurse]

Usually various facilities have their own "rules" known as dress codes for what everyone must wear....or that's been my experience

[TracyR]

I've just been sitting back and reading the follow ups to that ridiculous article I posted several months ago... WOW!

The intent was to stir up some conversation... and it seems as though I indeed accomplished my objective. ( Like shortbus said, I DO NOT share the views of the author. But remember that the article was obviously purely fiction! )

Thanks to all who have responded.

[Marc McFarland]

Shame on you for perpetuating sterotypes and demeaning, sexist attitudes. Your writing epitomizes the reasons why nurses continue to struggle with recognition as separate health-care specialists. How can we ever expand nursing into a true profession when there are those among us who continue to disregard every measurement of what makes nursing a true profession. Please make an attempt to fulfill some of your obligations as a professional. Try to use a higher level of intellectual functioning. Read a few academic articles about nursing. Sexism, or any form of bias and discrimination, is not the hallmark of a professional. On a more personal note: why do you spend so much time looking at your male co-worker's crotches? If working with the opposite gender is so stressful for you, perhaps you should make a career change? Maybe you can find a clerical or housekeeping job at an all-girls-school. Nursing is NOT the job for you.

[imported_Aaron C.]

Marc,

please read all the posts in this thread. You'll see that it was not a nurse at all that wrote this...and for that matter, not a member of this site.

btw, I felt the same way as you before I realized it

[Marc McFarland]

Alright...I just finished reading through the thread, but I don't understand why article was this posted here in the first place. What a waste of time reading it and then responding to it. Yesterday I visited this site for the first time, and this article was the first thing I read!

[imported_Aaron C.]

yeah, TracyR posted it just to stir up some conversation. It worked. Glad to have you here Marc.

[SILENTKNIGHT2U]

I work in Mental Health, and I believe there is an open bed for you!

[Anonymous]

I'll have you know that Aaron is just as sane as the rest of us


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