Are nurses white collar or blue collar?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the classification of "nurse." Aides, LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurses) generally only require an associate's degree. I consider those jobs blue collar. Registered nurses with a BA/BS or higher are white collar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Blue collar, just like doctors. Very respected, though.

In what world are doctors blue collar workers? Are you nuts?

No, just wanted to be a little provocative In the old days, doctors and lawyers, and all the "professions", were considered inferior to the landed aristocracy.
You need to separate the money from the actual work involved. My husband is a doctor. I'm a research scientist. We are all blue collar in the sense that we work with our hands. I agree that job descriptions sometimes straddle the line and that someone might work in a research lab or a surgery but then, with the same diploma, switch to policy or management.

[Anonymous]

http://allnurses-breakroom.com/general-off-topic/have-any-of-8905.html

Seems like they're married in good numbers to policemen and firemen, technicians and low prestige business/management jobs like "lumber broker" and restaurant managers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No, just wanted to be a little provocative In the old days, doctors and lawyers, and all the "professions", were considered inferior to the landed aristocracy.
You need to separate the money from the actual work involved. My husband is a doctor. I'm a research scientist. We are all blue collar in the sense that we work with our hands. I agree that job descriptions sometimes straddle the line and that someone might work in a research lab or a surgery but then, with the same diploma, switch to policy or management.

This is akin to saying that Wall St. investment bankers and stockbrokers are "working class" because they "work."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No, just wanted to be a little provocative In the old days, doctors and lawyers, and all the "professions", were considered inferior to the landed aristocracy.
You need to separate the money from the actual work involved. My husband is a doctor. I'm a research scientist. We are all blue collar in the sense that we work with our hands. I agree that job descriptions sometimes straddle the line and that someone might work in a research lab or a surgery but then, with the same diploma, switch to policy or management.

Yup. You and your DH aren't artisans either PPP even though you "work with your hands". Blue collar implies working class.

This is akin to saying that Wall St. investment bankers and stockbrokers are "working class" because they "work."

"A blue collar is a working-class person historically defined by hourly rates of pay and manual labor. A blue collar worker refers to the fact that most manual laborers at the turn of the century wore blue shirts, which could hold a little dirt around the collar without standing out."
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/explainer/2012/05/blue_collar_white_collar_why_do_we_use_these_terms_.html

Trump is a gold collar but he needs a dog collar--he's rabid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No, just wanted to be a little provocative In the old days, doctors and lawyers, and all the "professions", were considered inferior to the landed aristocracy.
You need to separate the money from the actual work involved. My husband is a doctor. I'm a research scientist. We are all blue collar in the sense that we work with our hands. I agree that job descriptions sometimes straddle the line and that someone might work in a research lab or a surgery but then, with the same diploma, switch to policy or management.

This is akin to saying that Wall St. investment bankers and stockbrokers are "working class" because they "work."

My DH is a biglaw lawyer and to the hedge fund guys and bankers he works for, he is def considered "the help"

[Anonymous]

Why do you ask OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump is a gold collar but he needs a dog collar--he's rabid.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump is a gold collar but he needs a dog collar--he's rabid.

+1

LOL!!! +1

[Anonymous]

I think they're more like technicians or highly skilled workers. Not quite fully white or blue.

[Anonymous]

Blue collar unless in administration, then white collar.

[Anonymous]

Definitely white collar (although +1 on "pink collar"!!). Nursing is a professional job that requires a degree.

Blue collar = HS diploma only, not a postsecondary qualification except for trade school. Hairdresser, makeup artist, bricklayer, retail.

[Anonymous]

I am an RN that works as a Case Manager. I do only desk/ telephone work. Am I blue collar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an RN that works as a Case Manager. I do only desk/ telephone work. Am I blue collar?

I have a bachelors degree.

[Anonymous]

Doctors= white collar

For some odd reason

Nurse = blue collar that's why they're always lumped in with police officers & firefighters.