The following is a Guest post by: Lisa Rhodes, RN This is 2013 not 1813 right?  I just wanted to make sure.  After reading the comments and concerns by nurses about MTV’s “Scrubbing In”, I had to consult my calendar to make sure I was in the right century. While admittedly I am not a fan of reality TV nor am I a huge fan of MTV (since there is no music left on Music Television). I can’t believe what I have been reading; or the fact that it has been written by nurses and mostly written by women. Why even in the 21st century do we hold female dominated professions to the same personal moral standard as the 1800s? Recently a Dallas high school Spanish teacher who posed naked for Playboy while in college has been fired.  Now we have even the ANA meddling in “Scrubbing In”?  If these were considered male dominated professions the news and internet would be silent. No one freaked out that Dr. House is a drug addict?  How about the Physicians of Nip/Tuck, I don’t see the same moral outrage over their adulterous behavior?  Granted these are series and not reality TV.  But why do we feel that female dominated professions should appear like Little House on the Parrie on TV or when in the spot light?  Does being naked in Playboy years before teaching make an ineffective teacher?  Does having a drink or having fun after work hours make a bad nurse?  We […]

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