Are male nurses called Sister?

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TwoTierStollen · 25/06/2019 16:22

That's the sort of thing that keeps me awake.

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Onesmallstepforaman · 25/06/2019 16:26

Usually charge nurse I think.

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choosingchilli · 25/06/2019 16:26

No charge nurse I think?

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Faster · 25/06/2019 16:26

No a male nurse in a the same role as Sister would generally be known as Charge Nurse.

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TwoTierStollen · 25/06/2019 16:27

Aahh I have heard that title. Thank you!

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...And what about female surgeons?

Usual title ie Miss, Ms or Mrs

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BettysLeftTentacle · 25/06/2019 16:31

Female surgeons are usually Miss even if they are married but the can choose Mrs or Ms if they want, Miss is traditional though.

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BettysLeftTentacle · 25/06/2019 16:32

all the crossposts. Soz!

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Kaykay06 · 25/06/2019 16:33

All our charge nurses are female we don’t call them sisters anymore
And the surgeons are all ms/miss too

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Mrsjayy · 25/06/2019 16:33

Female surgeons are Ms, Miss or Mrs. I had a female urologist she was Ms

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Mrsjayy · 25/06/2019 16:34

Actually she was lovely and said just call me Evelyn

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Doyouthinktheysaurus · 25/06/2019 16:35

We have a male Matron.

Also, no Sisters, only charge nurses, male and female across the hospital, only female on my ward though.

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AbGonk · 25/06/2019 16:35

If I were a doctor, I'd want to be called Dr Gonk, not Mrs Gonk because I was surgeon too. Or is there a bit of inverse snobbery?

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CmdrCressidaDuck · 25/06/2019 16:36

As PP say female surgeons are Miss or Ms. My SIL goes by Miss although she is married.

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TwoTierStollen · 25/06/2019 16:39

If I were a doctor, I'd want to be called Dr Gonk, not Mrs Gonk because I was surgeon too. Or is there a bit of inverse snobbery?

Had I got myself into and through medical school, I'd have DR tattooed on my forehead!

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BettysLeftTentacle · 25/06/2019 16:39

There definitely is @AbGonk. The surgeons I work with would really not like being called Dr.........

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CmdrCressidaDuck · 25/06/2019 16:39

Surgeons used to undertake an apprenticeship in the UK rather than a degree like physicians, and were therefore not eligible to be called "doctor" as they had not earned a doctorate. Now of course they do and are, and it's purely a traditional designation. Being a surgeon is prestigious though so I don't think they feel too bad about it when they get to go back to "Miss" from "Dr"

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Stravapalava · 25/06/2019 16:40

AbGonk - the "Mr" title for a surgeon is seen as "better" than Dr. Same when a Dr becomes a Prof. They're all about the Prof!

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GeraldineFangedVagine · 25/06/2019 16:41

Sometimes when surgeons get all arsey with me at work about their prefixes I insist they call me staff nurse aubergine, rather than Geraldine. Nurses don’t tend to be hung up on names really.

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