why???

Smily - - this has been discussed before. Check the archives. Also, why ask this type of question on a forum designed to help each other not bash each other?

Many surveys show that nurses are highly respected.

Which contractors are more important - electricians or plumbers?

Plumbers= showers and toilets. That's my vote.

Nurses are the #1 most trusted profession in the national Gallop poll. That should say a lot. I have had many patients tell me it was the nurses that really did the work and explained everything, not the doctors.

But they are 2 different professions, and it's really not a competition.

No one should ever compare doctors and nurses because we have two different scopes of practice. However, no matter who went to school the longest, makes more money or have the higher degree, both professions have licenses that could be taken away if found negligent in patient care. Doctors need nurses and nurses need doctors and patients need us both. It is all about respect towards each other no matter what initials are behind a name. I am soooo sick of the politics in healthcare period.

With prerequisites, my ADN took me 3.5 yrs and many of my "older" classmates it took longer than 4 yrs total.

Is that going to school at least full time? My BSN program required we carry about 15 credits per semester to complete the required courses. Of course, going to school only part time would take longer, but it doesn't mean that there is any more education involved.

thankes all for your comments , am a nurse in the first place and you helped me so much so this site is for nurses and to allnurses ,thanks again...:redbeathe: