JerseyDawg_MD t1_j12wlwd wrote on December 21, 2022 at 7:16 AM

Reply to comment by tommmyboy7785 in Thousands of NYC nurses begin vote to authorize strike: 'We were the heroes' by thonioand

Not to take anything away from your story, but nurses don’t have the skills of doctors. They are an important part of the healthcare team, but have completely different training and responsibilities than doctors. And while nurses are usually there at bedside most of the time, it because that’s literally their job. Doctors can’s spend too much time with a single patient, since they have so many patients to see. In the end, all of the care decisions are made by doctors, not nurses.

tommmyboy7785 t1_j12zz2t wrote on December 21, 2022 at 7:59 AM

I was joking and have great respect and general reference for medical providers. At the end of the day, the best general can't win a war without the individual and collective effort of the soldiers. If you needed to be tubed or have a line inserted in an emergency, you'd want a nurse rather than a doc to do it. The way you write makes clear you're proud to be a doctor (as you should be), but aren't the type to say on a date "I hold peoples' lives in my hands every day" 🤣.