Nurses really aren't the smartest people

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I belong to a parenting forum.

A girl made a post about the parenting class she took, where she was given some information regarding breastfeeding that she didn't think was correct. She had asked her mom, who told her something different. So she came on to clarify. One of the other members responds to her to listen to her mother, because nurses really are not the smartest people. :mad:

I normally just try to ignore the ignorant things people say, it's the internet after all. But that just aggravated me. First off, no where in her post did she say a nurse taught the class. Secondly, way to stereotype a group of people. Here, let me give you a pretend report on one of my ICU patients, and see how much you understand. Then tell me how "not smart" nurses really are. That would be like me saying Stay at home moms are lazy and that is why they don't work. Ugh.. sorry just needed to vent to people who understand. I don't know why it bugged me so much, but it did.

Specializes in Paramedic.

I am a paramedic strongly considering nursing school and I think nurses are very smart! Much respect to you all!

On 11/12/2010 at 9:04 AM, Mulan said:

Some are, some aren't.

And some are in between.

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
On 11/12/2010 at 10:29 AM, Simply Complicated said:

nurses really are not the smartest people.

On 5/8/2020 at 11:41 PM, Lash said:

I think nurses are very smart!

On 11/12/2010 at 11:04 AM, Mulan said:

Some are, some aren't.

On 5/9/2020 at 7:05 AM, caliotter3 said:

And some are in between.

WOW!! Four types of nurses: Those who aren't very smart, those who are very smart, those who are, those who aren't, and those in between.

And Robert Benchley said that there were only two types of people: Those who believe there are two types of people and those who do not!

I wonder which kind of nurse I am. Or was...

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