"Smart enough to be a doctor" What do you say to that?

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I have heard on several different occasions where someone has referred to a nurse/nursing student as "Smart enough to be a doctor". To me this is an insult to the profession, because they (always someone that is not in the medical profession) are saying doctors are smarter than nurses:madface:. When I hear it, my blood boils a bit, but I dont know whether to say Hey, here is why nursing is different than medicine and why nurses are just as smart as doctors, etc, etc, or to just leave it alone.

What would you do if you heard someone say this?

Specializes in ICU, ED.
I've had that one, and always answer, "yes, and I chose not to be one." The one that made me so hot I practically glowed was, "Honey, you're so attentive, you'd make a good waitress."

YUCK!!! :no: Who said that to you?

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