You just keep saying stuff that, while correct, is kind of a non sequitor.
I don’t know a single nurse (I worked in a hospital, so I knew a lot of them) who started out wanting to be a doctor. I know several who have become PAs or NPs.
The do very different functions. Both are important, but I would rather have a group of good experiences nurses in the apocalypse than a crew full of doctors. After listening to them for a few hours, telling you how superior they are, you would open the door and feed them to the zombies.
It was always funny to watch the docs and surgeons sit in a tech meeting and think they were the smartest people in the room. Most were willing to admit they were out of the element, but those who didn’t gummed up the works with their lack of common sense.
I don’t mean to, but I deal with things in a non-emotional way. It’s all part of having Aspergers.
I totally understand the differences. Nurses really receive most of their education on the job and not in college. They get their foot in the door through the college, but their real education is on the job.
I also know that nurses are often somewhat contemptible of doctors, because show up in the last two minutes and fill out a form and go on their way, while the nurse may have spent hours handling the patient.
I am not intending to make it seem that doctors are important than nurses.
“I don’t know a single nurse (I worked in a hospital, so I knew a lot of them) who started out wanting to be a doctor. I know several who have become PAs or NPs.”
Likewise. I taught nursing students in a BS degree program (anatomy/physiology lab) and worked with many as a medical technologist, and none of them ever mentioned having an interest being a doctor. I think some of them had the ability to make it into/through med school, just like some pre-med students do (while most don’t).
As others have mentioned, I also saw more than one occasion where an experienced, attentive nurse saved an MD’s/DO’s bacon.