"You're Just A Nurse!"

Oh goodness, it has been awhile! Yay, college. But I will just go ahead and jump right into it. 

As you can see, this post is about one of the most offensive phrases I have ever heard: "You are just a nurse." Right, he or she is a nurse, but not just a nurse, an important nurse. 

I am not sure how common this phrase is in the job field in reality, but it seems to be said or inferred in TV shows a lot. And even though "it's just a TV show" it still kind of pulls some emotions from me. 

Why? 

1. That is just offensive. Nurses go through hard training and education to get where they are today. So if you don't see me walking around saying, "Oh, you're just an intern doctor, not an attending doctor. You're not a real doctor," you wouldn't be offended? 
2. Everyone in the medical field trained to be where they are today. It isn't always the same training or an extensive training, but those people worked in some way shape or form to get where they are. Why is it necessary to offend anyone, including nurses?
3. Nurse are there to take care of patients. Some doctors cannot stay long and have to give a diagnosis and then go to the next patient and continue their rounds. Nurses stay with patients and care for patients and do everything the patients need or want (appropriately). They're not "just a nurse". If they didn't do their job with care, there would be more people in this world who would really hate going to hospitals. 

PLEASE be respectful to your fellow coworkers or your fellow nurse. They are human, too, and no one wants to be told that they are doing a bad job or they are not good enough for their job. Everyone deserves to be happy. Be courteous to them. 

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"Treat people the way you want to be treated. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to."

-Hussein Nishah