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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I have long thought that most Doctors are overpaid. Most just rinse and repeat very mundane things over and over again and send you to a specialist with your outside of mundane. A nurse would be just as effective for most ailments. Not saying all Drs as some are exceptional and lead the charge of research and change but most get their degree and then stagnate and enjoy the good life.
Nurse Practitioner? Sure.
Registered Nurse? No, they don't have the training for it. Some have picked up skills through practical experience, but that's an exception to the rule.
EDIT just want to clarify nurses don't have the training in diagnosis, similar to how doctors don't have much training in care.
While I do think we need to better employ nurses for first line treatment, and I want to say this with the upmost respect for the profession, a lot of nurses are dumb as shit. We've see so so so sooooo many being antivax during the pandemic.
My only wish is for doctors who have immigrated to be properly vetted before starting work in my country. Tried to get help for sudden, rather violent allergic reactions a couple of years ago. The first doctor told me to avoid fish on pizza and sent me home. The second thought it could be soda or energy drinks and did the same. Only after ending up in the ER swollen to shit did I get tested. Turns out it was neither pizza nor dr.pepper.
To be fair Dr. Pepper and pizza will kill you, eventually.
Living will also kill you, eventually.