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  1. 09-08-2005 01:37 PM #1
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    Question Why not a nurse?

    Hey everyone!
    Hope your all doing great on your road to becoming doctors . I'm wondering what you would answer to the interview question "If you enjoy working and caring for people, why not become a nurse?"
    I'm finding it really hard to come up with a good answer to this; a nurse can diagnose, prescribe some medicine and treat patients.
    All suggestions will be great and appreciated. Thanks!
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  2. 09-08-2005 02:22 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by sos
    Hey everyone!
    Hope your all doing great on your road to becoming doctors . I'm wondering what you would answer to the interview question "If you enjoy working and caring for people, why not become a nurse?"
    I'm finding it really hard to come up with a good answer to this; a nurse can diagnose, prescribe some medicine and treat patients.
    All suggestions will be great and appreciated. Thanks!
    If you're finding it really hard to come up with an answer yourself, perhaps you really should consider nursing as a career, rather than medicine. Quicker to qualify, less responsibility, less competitive. Plus you can diagnose, prescribe and treat patients.

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  3. 09-08-2005 02:47 PM #3
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    hmmm
    i would say that obviously nurses are important and do a very good job but id rather be a dr to get to diagnose and actively treat the patient to work towards making them healthy again.
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  4. 09-08-2005 03:44 PM #4
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    sos, why would you not like to become a nurse?


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  5. 09-08-2005 03:58 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by sos
    I'm finding it really hard to come up with a good answer to this; a nurse can diagnose, prescribe some medicine and treat patients.
    All suggestions will be great and appreciated. Thanks!
    Rather than us feeding you pre-prepared answers to tricky interview questions, why not make your own list of the pros and cons of nursing vs doctoring, and try to come up with your own answer. If you are still struggling at the end of that, it may be time to rethink your career aspirations.
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    Yeap, I agree with spk76. Come up with your own list as to why a Doctor and not a nurse.


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  7. 09-08-2005 04:34 PM #7
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    I think the doctor side is far more dynamic, intellectually challenging and of course involves the greater responsibility of diagnosis/treatment plan.
    There are also many more oppurtunies open to you such as surgery, research etc...
    Do you want to be the one wielding the scalpel, or the one passing it?
    I've always thought the doctor/nurse question to be a bit stupid, the trick seems to be more in answering it diplomatically, and avoiding disrespecting nursing.
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  8. 09-08-2005 04:38 PM #8
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    Do really nurses do all that in UK? I know they are more and more competent and specialised (we have brand new Laurea Degrees in Nursery) than what my mother in law sould have ever been, but still we have many open court cases against nurses who dared to suggest treatments or diagnoses! Where could I find more info on nursing in the UK? I bet somebody will ask me about the differences between Italian and British systems.
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  9. 09-08-2005 04:40 PM #9
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    ...I am talking about Italy.
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  10. 09-08-2005 04:55 PM #10
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    The other bonus about medicine over nursing is that you get to be an undergradute for 5 years!
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