Not my field, but I think it depends on the nurse. Like some of them literally just change bandages and make sure junkies don't empty the medicine cabinet, others are responsible for high stakes protocol where someone could die if they fuck up.
Ok you're correct, I over-generalized. But a large fraction of nurses i've met are very simple thinkers, with limited capacity of abstraction, and they overestimate their cognitive powers/knowledge. Some years back my dad got hurt pretty bad and had to stay in the hospital for weeks. I flew out to see him and had to deal with docs / nurses day in and day out. Now I hate them. Also, they might really be better where you're from.
Oh they're not, especially doctors. Doctors are the opposite problem: Somewhat high IQ but egos so inflated they think they're gods.
. Doctors are the opposite problem: Somewhat high IQ but egos so inflated they think they're gods.
That's the fucking truth. It's not that they're stupid, but their opinion of their intellect is 2 S.D. higher than real life.
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