So I recently graduated, passed my NCLEX (yay!), and started my first job as a nurse. I've run into a few people (non-healthcare) who have asked me in these exact words 'So are you going on to become a doctor or are you just nursing it?'. Or I get asked 'why didn't you go on to become a doctor?' I feel like maybe it's just a lack of knowledge about everything nurses actually do, but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not 'just nursing it'. I became a nurse because it's a calling. It's not just some job, it's a skilled profession that not everyone can do. Do any of you get asked this?