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Ooooooranges posted...

The idea that they're doing nothing just because they only spent a few minutes with you is ridiculous.

Yes it is, which is why nobody suggested that. I literally explicitly stated the opposite of that, in fact. That I'm sure he had more important shit to do than to sit with me, who was probably an extremely low priority compared to the other shit he's got coming in to the ER.

If you don't want to have a good faith debate, and actually read what I'm saying before responding, then I'm just gonna say we'll agree to disagree and move on. I'm sharing my opinion based on the conversations I've had with the close friends I mentioned. Two are nurses, one is a pediatrician, and one is a general practitioner. All 4 of them echo the same sentiment: the salary disparity between nurses and doctors is too extreme, and nurses are frequently expected to do more actual work than the doctor. It's the extra training and education that make up the difference in the salary. The idea being that though they don't do as much actual work on a day-to-day basis, they have the knowledge to step in when more extreme or more complicated situations arise and make effective decisions that the nurses simply don't have the same amount of information to make. But the difference is too much.

Even the 2 doctors hold this same opinion.