Posted by DMC
on June 29, 2009, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Angry CRNA rebuttal"
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I am not sure what nursing school you attended, but mine was quite difficult. Before you think I am some dimwit as you have broadly painted nurses here let me give you my background. Graduated Applied Computer Science at the top of my class from a State school of 15k students before graduating an accelerated nursing program with a perfect GPA, 3.9 GPA in all sciences for pre-med sequence and managed a 25 on the MCAT (nothing to brag about, but better than a lot of physicians I know). Now I could descend to the level of your diatribe and attack your profession and it's ease, but that would be too simple. Instead I will point out that almost anybody with adequate intelligence and ample determination can become a physician in the United States. There are a myriad of offshore med schools and plenty of graduates from them every year. This selection process is not the arduous one you describe here, but one based mostly on financial ability. I even know a kid who scored a 18 on the MCAT who is attending Ross. As for experience, anybody who thinks that an inexperienced savant is the equal of an experienced veteran is at the least very arrogant and at the other end very dangerous. I question the ICU nurse you claim to have been. In my ICU you need solid understanding of physiology and excellent problem solving skills. Maybe this is why most physicians give us ample respect and many ask for our opinion of situations (difficult to get from people who only know how to mindlessly follow orders). FYI I just ran across this thread from a search on GRE and CRNA scores and was irritated by your pompous bloviation and misinterpretation of nurses. Good day.
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