Misconceptions about Nurses.

Welcome!

I've just wanted to mention that I've been a nurse for 10 years and have never once worked alongside a doctor. Many of the aforementioned interview questions are pervaded with misconceptions about what nurses really do.

And I've never considered myself doing 'grunt' work in my 40 yr career.

I work in a clinic and am inches from my md multiple times a day. Just saying. :).

Welcome!

I've just wanted to mention that I've been a nurse for 10 years and have never once worked alongside a doctor. Many of the aforementioned interview questions are pervaded with misconceptions about what nurses really do.

OP, what type of class is this for? Were you given these questions to ask, or are these questions your own?

OP, what type of class is this for? Were you given these questions to ask, or are these questions your own?

I'd be surprised if these were questions given to ask. They're so loaded and reeking with bias I'd be floored if these questions were assigned as is 😳

EDIT: if I were to take a stab at it, I'm guessing this is for some sort of writing or English class, since the OP stated they're writing an "informative essay," and nursing happens to be what she or he wishes to inform people on.

Welcome!

I've just wanted to mention that I've been a nurse for 10 years and have never once worked alongside a doctor. Many of the aforementioned interview questions are pervaded with misconceptions about what nurses really do.

I have been a nurse for 5 years in hospital and work as a team with doctors all the time, every day now that I work in the Emergency room. Out docs many times over in every shift ask our opinions and recommendations all the time

I am doing a informative essay on Nurses and their work. If anyone can please answer these questions it would be greatly appreciated.

1. What kind of person, challenges and or effort does it take to become a Nurse?

2. What other work do Nurses do other than work beside doctors?

3. A doctor's work is very challenging but what is it that a Nurse does that is as equally as challenging?

4. What is it that makes Nurses different from one another or what sets them apart?

5. What other work is performed that makes a Nurse's job more than just grunt work?

Oh boy, let me get some popcorn and wine and I'll take a stab at this.

First, any genuine answers you get will for sure not be in depth enough to flesh out a paper. The answer to these open ended questions would be so varied and LONG that I doubt if many would take the time to fully answer. Not to mention we tend to have issues with essentially doing somebody's homework for them. But here's the short version for you.

1] Any kind of person. Challenges faced and effort put in vary depending on that person...next

2] Nurses may or may not work next to doctors. I never work directly with one. I won't even touch the body of that question as there are just too many types of nurses to even begin to narrow it down. So start doing your homework and look it up yourself. Google is your friend

3] Yeah, won't touch this with a 10 foot pole. Can't compare apples and oranges and won't begin to try.

4] Substitute the word people for nurses and then try to figure this one out. Nurses are people and all different.

5] Just grunt work? Oh, boy. Good luck with that one.

Who made up these questions???

OP, hang around here as others suggested-and if these are questions that you made up, I suggest that you revise them after Google (look up the history of nursing, nursing associations, and the like) and sift through threads on this forum-it's really user friendly.

Best wishes.

I work in a clinic and am inches from my md multiple times a day. Just saying. :).

I work in the OR. For what it's worth, I almost always have an MD I'm working with. Sometimes I'm even teaching them (eh - residents mostly).