Working with Nurses

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I hear what you are saying, and see the same here. I see nothing wrong with a person “proving themselves,” but much of it is way beyond this. The same who seem to think EMS is beneath them, seem to think they are smarter than Doctors as well. Also, it has nothing to do with work ethics on the EMS side. I do agree, it may be childish on my part to want to “mess with” these types of nurses, but in my opinion they are lost causes. It doesn’t matter how competent an EMT proves themselves to them, they will always be greater (in their mind). Plus, on more than one occasion I have witnessed this nurses screw something up and try to pawn it off on EMS.

NOTE: Understand I am not claiming all nurses act like this, just stating that many do.

That last part is quite an overstatement. While I cannot disagree that some nurses have out for EMS folks, most simply do not give 2 craps about EMS, which is how I would feel about nursing of I wasn't thinking of pursuing it as a career. I'd argue that there are many more EMS providers that have out it for nursing than the other way around. I have no idea why this is except that perhaps many in EMS have falsely assumed that nurses think that they are better than them. Do not mistake indifference for a superiority complex, they are not the same thing.

If you're really having a problem, address it through the proper channels and go from there. Don't bother retaliating, you'll lose that battle.