I grew up in a public school teaching home, and married into the nursing profession. In both cases, I have heard about the ones who are good, the ones who are just competent, and the ones who are pretty worthless. What is scary is hearing how some of the bad ones got/kept jobs despite situations that justified termination or arrest.
Of course there will be weak minded persons who somehow squeeze through and attain the higher credentials, but because I have worked in different ICUs for years, I likely knew some of the elite. My Nurse friends are mostly terrific. I could listen to them rounding or giving Report and I would find myself in awe of them. They understand the medications and the issues, intimately of their Patients.
It was never the sort of work for me. I like the Pulmonary stuff. I run ventilators and other things. I had my heart set on being a Physician when I was very young. That never worked out for me due to family problems.
I am OK with that now, but I have no doubt whatsoever that I might have made myself a capable Doctor.
“I grew up in a public school teaching home, and married into the nursing profession. In both cases, I have heard about the ones who are good, the ones who are just competent, and the ones who are pretty worthless. What is scary is hearing how some of the bad ones got/kept jobs despite situations that justified termination or arrest.”
That phrase can be universally applied to just about any profession that requires extensive studies/training. Priests, doctors, lawyers, judges. Maybe instead of “social credit scores” we need to have a “competent in actually doing their job” score.