So...I've been peeking around the web, and I found this lovely site called the Student Doctors Network (apparently fondly known as SDN.) I went on there and created an account and actually made a few posts (nothing inflammatory, and all related to nursing.)
Can I just say.....holy moly .....it was very eye opening. I went on there to get a perspective on the "other side", being that I am of the opinion that nurses and physicians really don't understand each other very well.
The two things that hit me the most were:
1. Good Lord, these people have got to be the most competitive, argumentative, full of themselves people I've ever seen. It's all about who made the highest MCAT and why their degree is so much better than your degree (and that refers to everybody...PAs, NPs, other Doctorate prepared medical professionals e.g. PharmDs, DPTs, etc...even DOs get thrown in there sometimes.) It's a big huge "my weenie is bigger than your weenie" contest.
2. There are almost no threads where patients are mentioned. Yes, I know this is site largely focused on the educational preparation of physicians, but seriously, when physicians go to medical school, does it even occur to them that at the end point, they are going to be taking care of the patient in that bed? And Lord, if they are that condescending to other medical professionals with college degrees and beyond, what can they possibly think of poor Bubba that just got diagnosed with colon cancer that never finished high school and works in a factory, that they now have to treat? If nurses are no better than the dirt under their shoe, what can they possibly think of their patients?
Whoooooo, man. I came back here and got warm fuzzies. I love you all (even the old, cranky, mean ones...and you know who you are) and am so happy that I am one of you. :redpinkhe
Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
Oh. My. GOD! It does not end. Please tell me PLEASE that this is not the way we are viewed....I am shocked. So, OK I completely agree with you g-ma. I LOVE being a nurse and I love that we are all a big family at the end of the day. This site has opened my eyes. Still in shock. Kind of like watching a wreck-you know it's gonna be bad, but you want to see if everything gets better...and I can't see that it is, so I think I will just not look anymore and be happy that I am among nurses.
site called the Student Doctors Network (apparently fondly known as SDN.) I went on there and created an account and actually made a few posts (nothing inflammatory, and all related to nursing.)
.....it was very eye opening. I went on there to get a perspective on the "other side", being that I am of the opinion that nurses and physicians really don't understand each other very well. 
canesdukegirl, BSN, RN
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Oh. My. GOD! It does not end. Please tell me PLEASE that this is not the way we are viewed....I am shocked. So, OK I completely agree with you g-ma. I LOVE being a nurse and I love that we are all a big family at the end of the day. This site has opened my eyes. Still in shock. Kind of like watching a wreck-you know it's gonna be bad, but you want to see if everything gets better...and I can't see that it is, so I think I will just not look anymore and be happy that I am among nurses.