Is there pressure for nurses to look more like models?
The answer appears to be yes, in Prague. Citing an article in The New York Times, plastic surgeon Chris Hess (via Better Health) notes that nurses in that region are “under enormous pressure to look good in a society where attractiveness is often as highly prized as clinical skills.”
And according to this Czech nurse, “We were always taught that if a nurse is nice, intelligent, loves her work and looks attractive, then patients will recover faster.”
I’m not sure about the data behind that, but in that society, offering free plastic surgery appears to be no different from giving away a car or a vacation.
Despite the nursing shortage affecting patient care in many other countries, it appears to be a desperate move that, according to a gender studies expert and sociologist, turn nurses into prostitutes.
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Odd. I know a lot of nurses who’ve had plastic surgery, but strange for the hospital to be picking up the tab. Seems like the money could be better spent on more nurses or supplies, things that are FAR more important in patient care.
You can’t fix stupid.
I’ve been thinking about breast augmentation surgery, but do you think they would also pay for the chest hair removal?
Hospitals are playing psychologically with the nurses. Since it is almost impossible to get such offer in other professions, and it’s the only way they see to keep up with the looking good trend, nurses will surely stop and think whether or not to to avail. In this case, I can see that these people value the profession much less important than ever before.
Plastic surgery is indeed a flourishing business. It results in highly skilled and motivated people, which results in it’s own way in higher customer satisfaction. It’s an example to the generic health care industry.
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