Honestly: Do you look down on nurses?

my_0.02
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:40:56 +0000

The biggest difference that I’ve found between nurses and doctors is that nurse (especially experienced ones) know what to do and when to do it, but they usually don’t know why.



Nurses spend much more time at the bedside than physicians. For this reason, good, experienced nurses develop an ability to assess a patient in a non-quantitative way. When an experienced nurse asks a a physician to come to the bedside but can’t explain why, a prudent physician comes promptly.