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YouTube videos show nurses as stupid or sex objects: study

Nurses should go on the offensive against YouTube videos that stereotype them as sexual playthings or witless, according to a report published in a nursing journal.

Members of Nord Hospital take care of a sick man at the emergency ward in February 2012 in Marseille, southern France. Nurses should go on the offensive against YouTube videos that stereotype them as sexual playthings or witless, according to a report published in a nursing journal.

Researchers led by Gerard Fealy, a professor of nursing and midwifery at University College Dublin in Ireland, analysed the 10 most-viewed clips on the popular video-sharing site in response to the keywords "nurses" and "nursing."

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