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Y get HIGH RN degrees? Y not be a MD?

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Posted over 5 years ago

 

Associate degree RNs mean nothing anymore!
So many RNs are getting BSN, Masteres, PHD? Why not just become a doctor?

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Very different type of training and thinking.

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Simply put, a nurse does all the aspects of patient care and doctors do injury and disease diagnosis, prevention, treatment and intervention. They are two different doctrines in the chain of patient care.