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Anonymous
>>70324 Nursing and medicine are totally different fields. In a hospital setting, doctors spend only a few minutes a day with each patient, if even that. They generally talk to the patient, do a quick exam (maybe), write some orders, then take off for the next patient. A nurse spends his/her entire shift working with the patients. Nurses perform almost every procedure, doctors only touch the patient during surgery and other very complex/dangerous procedures. Nurses have a chance to build a relationship with their patients, and are the ones who are actually providing care. In most situations, a doctor is just a decision maker and the person who is responsible if things go wrong, but is not involved in any way with the patient's care.
Different kinds of people are attracted to each field. Most good nurses would make terrible doctors and most good doctors would make terrible nurses. It takes both to get the job done, so you're not really playing second fiddle to anybody.
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