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You must be proud you will be a nurse

I’ never understand the preconceived notions that demote the significance of nursing to a substandard level that falls below other areas of the healthcare industry. The notion that nurses are nothing more than a supplementary asset for doctors is irrational, as is the idea that someone pursues a career in nursing only because it is an easier alternative to becoming a doctor. Yet still, these are the type of labels that nurses have been faced with for years.

  

It must be noted that the perseverance and dedication nurses constantly display to overcome such irrational assumptions is beyond admirable. But if you ask any nurse what it is about nursing that inspires them, I guarantee their answer will have nothing to do with the overcoming irrational assumptions. Their motivation is not to prove people wrong or gain the approval of others; their motivation is that they genuinely believe in the cause. They know how much of a difference nursing makes on the world, and only a nurse can truly understand and appreciate the magnitude of their impact. They don’t need to listen to what other people say about their job or what kind of difference it makes – they live it.

  

Will society as a whole ever get to the point where we perceive nurses to be just as integral to a healthcare system as doctors are? Probably not, and that’s a shame. Too often, we get so fixated on comparing one thing to another that we become oblivious to the fact that both are fighting for the same cause. Our obsession for competition distorts our entire understanding and hinders our ability to embrace the bigger picture: they are not working against each other; they are working with each other. In fact, they rely on each another. Without nurses, doctors would not be able to do their jobs – and vice versa.