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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect they aren't book smart enough to bena doctor but want to work in healthcare.  Also know they have a job I have no interest in.[/quote]

Really? How the f**k did you do in organic chemistry? Or were you an English major?

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Really really well actually. Have taught organic chem to grad students.  I also double majored in English. What is the point of this question?[/quote]

Other than returning your condescension with condescension, I think the PP's point was that nursing education is hardly simply a few classes in bedside manner and how to take blood pressure. O-chem, anatomy and physiology and clinical rotations in different units as well as a bunch of other stuff I'm not familiar with because my best friend is a nurse, not me, result in a rigorous education that includes "book smarts." It doesn't sound like you actually know about nursing as a profession, just that you have encountered nurses, assumed they're stupid, and do not respect them.[/quote]

+1.  What a douche.[/quote]

Look, someone asked on an anonymous board about my gut-level impression of a profession. I provided mine. Most stereotypical impulses are simplistic and not particularly useful.  I am open to being completely wrong but it doesn't negate my answer.  I also said I could never do the job which is totally accurate - I am aware that being a nurse requires non "book-smart" skills that I will never ever have. [/quote]

And your mistake is that for all your book smarts, you didn't know what the qualifications of a nurse are, educationally. Admitting that you believe a stereotype doesn't excuse it. It is an opportunity for you to not be wrong. Which you are. Nurses have science education. It's not always a four year degree and advanced coursework, but it's not NOT those things either. O-chem and A&P are required for RNs, full stop.

And you didn't say that you couldn't do the job. You said it was a job you'd never want, while insulting nurses by saying they were essentially too stupid to go to medical school. Own your first asshole response. [/quote]

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