Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Nurse Barbie and Doctor Ken
11Mar2009 Author: Mother Jones, RN
Barbie just turned the big 5-0 this year. Doesn’t she look great? I don’t know too many 50 year old women that can still fit into a size 0 pair of skintight pants. Barbie and I grew up together and I always wanted to grow up to be just like my Barbie Doll. She had the coolest clothes, drove a sports car, and lived in a dream house. I wasn’t sure that I wanted a boyfriend like Ken. He was kind of dorky. Sorry, Ken. You just weren’t my type.
Barbie was the type of girl who could do anything. She was always the Home Coming Queen, the coolest girl at the malt shop, and the prettiest girl at the beach. When it came to career choices, my Barbie always wanted to be a nurse. Look closely. Barbie was a three-year diploma nurse. In your face ANA. Not everyone has to go to a four year school to became a nurse.
Here’s a YouTube video about Nurse Barbie, and Doctor Ken. Happy Birthday, Barbie!
- Tags: ANA, Barbie Doll, Ken Doll
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wardbunny
March 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I was a Barbie child. All other dolls scared me. Mine was determined to ride horses. She didn’t do dresses.
Hold on… does Barbie play reflect the future? Then where’s my chestnut Arab thoroughbred?
Kim
March 11th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Yeah Barbie!! I still wear a “0″, it just has a number in front of it.
My Barbie is a brunette bubble-style from 1962. I purchased a mint-condition nursing outfit (will all the trimmings) off of eBay and plopped her into it. I had always wanted the nursing outfit – thank God for eBay! : D
Jackie L.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
You may already know about it, but I just learned that the world’s largest nursing novel collection is at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. What a place to go on vacation!
Nurse Stella
March 12th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I have the Barbie in Civil War Nurses outfit, mint in box. Got it off eBay a few years back. It’s part of my eclectic nursing ephemera collection. I wish I had my original Barbie, Ken, Midge, Allen, Skipper, etc, etc, etc. I got Babs and Kenny the 2nd year they were out.
Mecheil
March 18th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
That’s so cute. I’m dead if my little girl sees that barbie in nursing uniform. I’ll have to find her one for sure.
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