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iamjackscompletelackofcompassion
Why would you do that when you could use a gif instead?
BenderTheMagnificent
"sure you can become a doctor. If you've given up your dream of becoming a Nurse!"
emmasouth
it's the opposite for me. when i tell people i'm going to med school they're like "why don't you go to nursing school instead?"
AManWhoWasntThere
Why do you go to nursing school when you could stay at home, warm, cuddling with pillows and all of that??
Andreanne
Dental assistant here "but you're smart enough to be a dentist" yeah thanks I guess.
BritishDuffers
Why don't people mind their own fucking business?
myusernameisnolongeravailablesb
Tell them if they can make it happen in the same time frame and pay my school bills then SURE! Where do I sign up?
AsteridLowenmaul
I'm an optometrist assistant. Everyone asks if I'm a student and what my "plan" is. I'm sorry my current job isn't enough, random stranger.
pickacalah
lol I know exactly how you feel. Those people suck.
T1T2GRE
ROI much better. Med school cost me $270k. Back when I did it. Plenty of other higher yield careers out there, folks.
LNmd
Or the question I get: if you wanted to help patients, why not go to nursing school instead of med. school? More patient contact.
Ulthirm
This is something I'm curious about why choose one over the other? Though I'm more curious about nurse practitioners.
itslikesomesortofneutronbomb
They are two completely different professions. Doctors diagnose, nurses treat is the easiest way to explain.
Spacelordmuthamutha
I went to nursing school, but had to drop out. My nipples got too sore.
cogs
*rimshot*
FunnyMotherfucker
*actual laughing*
INeedAboutThreeFiddy
dreiz
legit loled
ohdeepthought
My life: "You're a pharmacist? Lol You're a drug dealer"
PennnnnyLane
I love nurses, and I will never understand people who give them a hard time. I've been in the hospital more times that I'd like to admit 1/
PennnnnyLane
and the nurses run that place.They have always treated me with the utmost care, and I think it's because I also treat them with kindness 2/2
FloridaAsFuck
Ahhh wait until real life, when someone asks you "are you the medical assistant?" which is fine but inside you're like IMAFUCKINGNURSE
CommanderCaribou
Beings doctor is hard. Being a nurse is difficult but doesn't require a fucking whole body sell off on the black market to get you md
naturesfool
I'm a paralegal and similarly, people ask me CONSTANTLY why I wouldn't just become a lawyer instead.
pickacalah
I've seen this many times also when I assisted a lawyer a few years ago. Never understood it,
insomniacsanonymous
Because it takes forever to become a full fledged physician and you waste your young life away
ohdeepthought
It's not a career you choose for the short term when you choose to do med it's a life career. I feel people forget that.
AstroVelociraptor
I finished pre-medical school back in 2015. I went a new route when I saw it was going to take another 8 years of study to specialize.
RavennaMagnus
Great episode of Scrubs where Carla tells JD why she is a nurse
Goodnewwseveryone
I think the better question is: people actually ask that question? Wtf becoming a doctor is different in many ways
pickacalah
the condescending tone they use is the cherry on top
Goodnewwseveryone
That's crazy! They're probably just thinking about the eventual payout...which, in many cases, is not actually better.
Gandalfsuglybrother
I know you're playing a bit with this, but Nurses are the glue that holds the whole crazy ass system together. Much respect.
Gandalfsuglybrother
1)I called my wife's home health nurse at home tonight. I needed to get a 2nd opinion on something and she keeps telling me to. Not the
Gandalfsuglybrother
2)littlest hint of annoyance and excellent advice. I wouldn't have done that with her Dr.
badluckwaldo
My girlfriend has been trying to tell her mom the difference between pa and physician and why she wants to be a pa.
TheLastZombieCat
I'm curious too.
footfoe
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!?
FaintHarmonics
I'm a nurse in one of the best Neurotrauma ICU's in the UK, people still tell me this. "I watched my brother become a Dr" - My usual answer
FaintHarmonics
IMO
FaintHarmonics
Being a dr isn't so much a job as it is a lifestyle. Youve got to really want it for a long time, then when you get it, work hard to keep it
tomatoboy
It's okay, even lawyers get asked why they didn't go to medical school regularly. I wonder what doctors get asked?
Caniac
"What are these spots here and why does it hurt after sex?"
noplaceidratherbe
Why are you always working?
APerfidiousDane
I don't know what others ask them but I know they often ask themselves "Why did I do this?" or "What was I thinking?"
vadeettufacsimiliter
Usually why I was willing to put that time in and stuff about the emotional toll taken. Sometimes I'm asked if I would do it again.
doctorbees
"I have this weird rash."
waynebradybitch
"Can you look at my stool? It looks weird"
LurkerOfDarkness
Why they didn't become rocket scientists.
tomatoboy
But then what do rocket scientists get asked?
KaiWolf1898
Why they didn't become brain surgeons.
IamGurrthetiger
And brain surgeons get asked why they didn't become astronauts, who don't get asked anything because they're in space.
LurkerOfDarkness
In space noone can hear your question.
ZEffective
I give my brother's girlfriend crap about nursing school since I find the biological sciences boring as hell but love physics and chemistry.
TheyCalllMeTIM
Fedora alert
ZEffective
Nah, just engineering and bothersome about it. I do like taking potshots at the liberal arts too.
Cyclopentadien
I like taking pot shots at liberal arts too, but they just crack a beer at 2 pm while I'm still slaving in the lab and don't care.
ZEffective
Let's be fair. Not giving a fuck is an acquired skill.
TheKnowing1
You should go for nurse practitioner if possible. We don't have near enough of those.
NotOnTheRugMan
Of course, it amazing being the middle child of medicine.
pickacalah
I'd actually love to. I love Labor and Delivery. Any idea what I can do besides Midwife?
TheKnowing1
http://nurse.org/resources/nurse-practitioner/
pickacalah
Although i should know this by now, thanks!!
APerfidiousDane
Become a NP if you're a good nurse and enjoy it. If you hate the work and just want more money please don't take this route or encourage it.
beerire
Mid level on aL&D floor.
NotOnTheRugMan
As someone married to an acute care NP, either stay a nurse or go to med school. It ain't worth the stress.
pickacalah
Any reasons youre able to share? It would be greatly appreciated
NotOnTheRugMan
From her: No respect from attendings, no respect from nurses, expensive to maintain license (we're constantly paying a couple grand)
NotOnTheRugMan
She's been in medicine for 18 years, 7 as an ACNP. She said she would have rather gone to med school of remained a nurse. She also worked...
CrazyZonie
As someone who works in a healthcare related field: "Why would you want to do that when you can go out and get a non-medical related job?"
DukeofKMS
Where you'd actually get paid with MONEY... like 4 figures and such.
VoidIncarnate
Did that. Got sick of sick people and went into engineering.
NotOnTheRugMan
chiplizard
Where are these jobs you speak of?
CrazyZonie
China and India, most likely. :(
chiplizard
I guess I'll just be stuck at my part time grocery store job forever despite my college degree in communication.
ohdeepthought
As someone else in the healthcare field I just assume they are as insane as the rest of us.
Anyport313
Because a nurse with tenure working on something like a ICU unit makes fucking bank.
sillychicken
BlackCatsAreMyJam
THIS!
SensualMeatball
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
See this is why you should always be nice to the doctors and nurses, folks.
hyperkatt
Especially if you are going to get a catheter.
KillingTlme
You mean nurses and nurses? I see my doctor for roughly 2 minutes of any given appointment and then they bill my insurance $400.
Inmate45
Yeah, my wife is an RN, and the stories she comes home with make me glad I'm teacher XD.
Igottalottacheese
Yeah, my wife is a teacher, and the stories she comes home with make me glad I'm a graphics artist XD.
Inmate45
Oh, yeah, I'm lucky. When I did classroom teaching it was rough. I'm a digital tech primary specialist... My job is piss easy in comparison.
NotOnTheRugMan
No fucking doubt dude. The shit I hear from my wife and her coworkers is next-level. And it's normal for them. Me: "WAT?!"
red411
why would you want to do that when you could go to medical school and become a doctor?
Roninwarrior
LOL, stupid fuck
JoshCanJump
iloveyoutoobutimgonnamaceyouintheface
a wise guy huh?
red411
CrestKnight
nursing degrees have only gotten more difficult with medical advancements. its to the point where either degree is only separated by amount.
heavyAir
101th
XLIILXIX
One-hundred-and-firth
ONoMyCabbages
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
Haha, I see what you did there!
EarlGreyCreamNoSugar
You. I like you!
industrialnarwhal
it's definitely cause she's super into wiping old people ass
pickacalah
CityYeti
Probably because she didn't have $100k just lying around for medical school
ImBasicallyADoctor
Try doubling or even tripling that figure.
CityYeti
Holy crap. I was just exaggerating
NeverLeaveYourWingman
Buddy goes to med school in Madison. He's looking at around 230K
CityYeti
ImBasicallyADoctor
Haha yeah. You kind of sign and then just pretend it doesn't exist.
pickacalah
Gandalfsuglybrother
Oh yeah!
red411
MOTHERFUCKINGVIRGINMARY
But seriously why
YouAreNotYourFuckingKhakis
Nursing school is 4 years if you pursue a Bachelor's in nursing. Becoming a doctor requires a Bachelor's degree, THEN medical school...1/?
lusikka
Or you could go to somewhere like Finland and skip the bachelor's degree. Go straight to University.
YouAreNotYourFuckingKhakis
2/?...which is typically 4 years, potentially more, then residency, which is 3-6 years depending on specialty, then a fellowship, which...
YouAreNotYourFuckingKhakis
4/?...is incredibly difficult, time consuming, and expensive. If you want a solid career in healthcare with less hassle, become a nurse.
Zombraina
All what Khakis said, plus none of the suicidal doctor stuff.
YouAreNotYourFuckingKhakis
3/?...can last up to 4 years. THEN you are an independent doctor and can start paying back that $200K+ debt you just accrued. Becoming a...
RowRowFightThePowa
So you're not going to answer the question then?
TheRealFireFrenzy
i think we should ask her to get a doctor, you know, someone who knows the answer...
RowRowFightThePowa
HOOOOO
pickacalah
TheRealFireFrenzy
You're not helping your cause here lady
TurboLeopard
I got that all the way through nursing school. It gets loo lot better.
pickacalah
I graduate in May and cant wait to just start real life lol
LordOfTheDownvotes
"You seem like a really smart nurse why didn't you become a doctor?"
sillychicken
Real life is just instead people start asking you to look at rashes and calling you at 3 AM because their kid is running a fever.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Hey, that second one is me! Hi.
mthedoor
@OP what is the real answer, though? (If you tell us here, we won't ask you ever again!)
pickacalah
I can always continue my education to achieve a higher degree but it is not a must, my parents worked a lot when I was a child and (2)
pickacalah
And most importantly, I met some great nurses in the hospital who took care of my father for over 2 months when he almost died and it was (4
pickacalah
First basic reasons such as: I am graduating with 0 debt rather than 100k+, I will be graduating at 22 earning a decent starting salary, (1)
pickacalah
I dont want that lifestyle for myself nor my future family no matter how great the pay, I like the shifts available (3days/12hrs), (3)
pickacalah
Inspiring. I always knew I wanted to work in the medical field and found the nurse-patient relationship to be my biggest motivation. (5)
pickacalah
And lastly, it just feels right in my heart. I dont want to call it my calling in life but its pretty close. (6)
mthedoor
Thank you for sharing! Both of my parents are nurses, and I agree that nurses are the best <3
pickacalah
no problem at all! What kind of nurses are they if you dont mind me asking?