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Ten Reasons to Date a Nurse
NursingLink Editor
February 09, 2009
Users on Facebook, the ultra successful social networking site, virtually given birth to a new user-generated genre: the “Ten Reasons Why You Should Date an XYZ (name of your profession goes here) List.”
Lists have been published on the site for Why You Should Date a Single Mom, a Geek, a Wrestler and hundreds of other categories. Not to be outdone, the medical professions have also posted “Ten Reasons Why You Should Date: a Physician, a Physical Therapist, an EMT, and other medical professions.
Nurses, of course, have their ten reasons. Here is one Top Ten Reasons You Should Date a Nurse List, courtesy of a group on Facebook:
1. They can help you get over a hangover or sickness.
2. Bedbaths!
3. The uniform.
4. They are exposed to so many xrays, it’s like a form of birth control.
5. You will never need to buy condoms, paracetamol, toothbrushes or any hospital supplies.
6. They know how to handle bodily fluids!
7. Nothing shocks a nurse, they have always seen smaller or indeed bigger!
8. They won’t be disgusted by your toilet habits.
9. They are experienced in manual evacuation when you are full of you know what.
10. They know how to handle the human body.
Have another Top Ten Reasons list to share with us? Post it in our discussions on Nursinglink.com.
Nursing4you
9 months ago
2 comments
Obviously, Nursing Link is not representing the millions of underpaid and unappreciated nurses who know that the best reason to date a nurse is that she is a caring, empathetic, intelligent, and will never devalue another person as you have just done to ALL NURSES!
I think we deserve an apology for your blatant poor judgement and bad taste. I wonder if we as nurses should print a column on Whats the best reason to date a rude magazine editor.
Mieisha
9 months ago
2 comments
For all the people who think that the article is offensive. Lighten up. You must not have dates for valentines day.
clerie12
9 months ago
2 comments
I am appalled that Nursing Link would allow such a demeaning article on the Nursing profession, when it claims to be supportive of Nursing! Articles like these deter and devalue the hard working nurses who already work for low pay and few promotions.
allisonbterry
9 months ago
2 comments
this is really offensive. i'm surprised a website who is supposed to focus on the professionalism of nurses would put something like this up which degrades all of us.
cwilliams7502
9 months ago
4 comments
LOVED IT. Lighten up
Darkgod
9 months ago
2 comments
This is satire. Comedy! You thick headed numnutz!
RNSUZ215
9 months ago
6 comments
#11 from cmellor......raise that to #1!!!!!! That's where we start!!!!!!
RNSUZ215
9 months ago
6 comments
Ummmm...the uniforms...get real! We aren't the roamers portrayed in soaps! Who'd you want caring for you and your loved ones????
ERNURSE
9 months ago
4 comments
Some true,some not.... lots of other good reasons,Like we know our bodies and yours!!!! It's a joke.For shit's sake,it isn't serious.
cmellor
9 months ago
8 comments
11. Caring compasionate people
jonimpoynter
9 months ago
2 comments
I completely agree with Kathleen. This degrades the nursing profession.
kathleen2008
9 months ago
2 comments
This is very discusting!! This does nothing to promote the professionalism of a nurse.
Please make a retraction statement
loneoak
9 months ago
10 comments
I usually have a great sense of humor and love to laugh but none of these were funny! #7 is, indeed, correct.......after 32 years, I've seen just about everything and am seldom shocked. #5 presumes nurses steal supplies and I am & always will be disgusted with someone who has disgusting bathroom habits! Geez, whomever came up with this is not funny.
ajain07
9 months ago
4 comments
I honestly find this sort of sexist. And it should be gender neutral, it's obviously meant to describe a female nurse. I agree with a previous poster, this does make female nurses seem like a sex item, and most of them aren't really that funny.
Account Removed
9 months ago
TOO FUNNY!!