Are nurses white collar or blue collar?
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Anonymous
| On the one hand, nurses are professional and many have 4 year college degrees now. On the other hand, they get paid by the hour and have to do a lot of physical tasks. |
Anonymous
| Because of the schooling required, I consider it white collar even though it does contain a lot of manual work. |
Anonymous
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Blue collar, just like doctors. Very respected, though. |
Anonymous
| Pink collar. |
Anonymous
+1. It's neither manual labor (though it does involve physical work) nor a desk job (though it does involve paperwork). |
Anonymous
| It seems like a lot of nurses are married to cops, another white collar/blue collar hybrid. |
Anonymous
I def consider cops blue collar. |
Anonymous
| Overall, they're white collar middle class with borderline prole status. |
Anonymous
| I think it depends on where you end up. I know two professional nurses - one with a bachelor's and one with a master's in nursing - and both ended up in managerial positions. I consider them white collar. The people who are staff nurses I suppose I would consider blue collar (though typically well paid!). |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
In what world are doctors blue collar workers? Are you nuts? |
Anonymous
| RN here. It's really neither. Not that I am offended if someone calls me blue collar, I just don't think it fits into either category |
Anonymous
In a world where Donald Trump can say he considers himself kind of a blue collar worker. |
Anonymous
Really? Among all my close co-workers (about 40) only 1 is married to a cop. |
Anonymous
DP. If doctors are white collar, then so are nurses. |