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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nurse---people tend to think a) not smart enough to be a doctor and b) sleeping with the doctors.  Infuriating (and not true!).[/quote]

You may be smart enough to be a doctor, but you lacked the ambition.[/quote]

This is just mean.  Not the PP and not a nurse nor a doctor (not even anywhere related to the medical field) but I don't think that all nurses became nurses and not doctors because they lack ambition.  They may lack the desire to become a doctor but that's completely different.  Does everyone who chose not to become a doctor lack ambition in your opinion?  A nurse is a completely different job than a doctor--its not like nurses chose to become nurses because they didn't feel like they wanted to be a doctor so a nurse was the next best thing.  They may have chosen nursing because they like helping people on a more one-on-one level, maybe they liked the flexible hours for great pay and benefits or maybe they chose the field because it has incredible job security---none of these things are true for doctors.  Its the same reason I work in a law firm but have no desire to be a lawyer--they may make more but they work twice as much and they all seem to hate their jobs.  [/quote]

I call BS. I never knew a law librarian, paralegal or legal secretary who wouldn't have wanted a JD if he or she could. What would be the point? I also don't think people with great grades and MCATs decide to be nurses instead of doctors for the reasons you outline.[/quote]

First of all, not all people who work at law firms fall into the categories you mention above, although several people in my department do have their JDs but hated being lawyers.  And all of the librarians and some of paralegals at my firm have their JDs, BTW--they chose not to practice law.  I don't think you understand my point.  I'm not suggesting that someone who would have the desire to be a doctor (thus would have taken the steps to take the MCAT) would change their mind and become a nurse.  What I'm saying is that people who chose nursing don't do it as an easier alternative to being a doctor.  They chose it for a variety of reasons that may not have anything to do with being a doctor--they are completely different jobs, each with their own set of benefits and drawbacks.  [/quote]

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