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5 Nursing Stereotypes Debunked
Hamsa Ramesha | NursingLink
4. Nurses Work for Doctors
There are advanced nurse practioners who work under a doctor’s supervision. Part of a nurse’s job description is to update doctors about their patients. Some even work in the OR alongside surgeons. But nurses do not actually work for doctors.
In an article in the New York Times called “Why Nurse Stereotypes are Bad for Health,” writer Theresa Brown, RN, argues “Hospital nurses are hired and fired by other nurses, answer to a unit manager who is a nurse, and follow the protocols set by more senior nursing officers … nursing is an autonomous profession and the formal management structure of most hospitals keeps MDs and RNs separate and independent.”
Bottom line? Nurses and doctors are coworkers. Nurses see to the daily care of patients, acting as a liaison between patients and doctors as the patient’s advocate. The two parties have a professional working relationship.
In an article in the New York Times called “Why Nurse Stereotypes are Bad for Health,” writer Theresa Brown, RN, argues “Hospital nurses are hired and fired by other nurses, answer to a unit manager who is a nurse, and follow the protocols set by more senior nursing officers … nursing is an autonomous profession and the formal management structure of most hospitals keeps MDs and RNs separate and independent.”
Bottom line? Nurses and doctors are coworkers. Nurses see to the daily care of patients, acting as a liaison between patients and doctors as the patient’s advocate. The two parties have a professional working relationship.
NathalieDuffney
about 2 years ago
12 comments
this is so true. Thanks for debunking these stereotypes.
nathalie
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glorydazexx82
over 2 years ago
4 comments
I'm a big fan of Ultimate Fighter. During one of the episodes, Josh Koscheck, one of the fighters, tried to get under one of the male medics skin by teasing him and comparing him to a male nurse. Josh Kosheck thinks he is so superior because being a male nurse is such a feminine position. He is such an ignorant piece of crap. Anyways, I've received lots of support from my family, friends and fellow nursing students for joining the nursing profession. Proud to be male nurse and to challenge the stereotype.
umapathy
almost 3 years ago
180 comments
I have seen lot of Nurses like Male nurses
all the time female nurses teach us, and give good respect
now i am proud to be a nurse,
Male Nurse
flynn126
almost 3 years ago
26 comments
I am always happy to encounter and work with male nurses. Male nurses enhance the nursing profession by boosting professionalism, pay scale, attitude, and by providing a different prospective. Also, while I probably have worked with gay male nurses, most of the male nurses I have worked with are married men with families. We need to work harder at countering negative stereotypes of nurses and nursing.