Who's Smarter, Doctors or Nurses?

I've been a hospitalist now for ten years.  I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly of American medicine. Put  highly educated medical professionals into the same building, create an environment  filled with conflict and time constraints and top it off with a complex assortment of  Type A personality disorders.  Welcome to the Beautiful Hospital On the Hill.  How can we help you today? I've seen doctors talk trash about other doctors.  I've even seen nurses talk trash about doctors.  They say some  doctors are too conservative while other doctors are too aggressive.  They say some doctors lack the necessary skills to practice competent medicine while other doctors just can't ignore things that need to be ignored.    They say some doctors order too many tests while other doctors  don't order enough.  They say some doctors are nice  while  other doctors stepped on their feelings.  They say some doctors are easy to get a hold of while other  doctors are impossible to reach.  The list of complaints by doctors and nurses against doctors is endless. I've seen doctors talk trash about nurses.  I've even seen nurses talk trash about other nurses.  They say some nurses lack independence while other nurses try to assume too much responsibility.  They say some nurses page the doctor too often  while other nurses don't page enough. They say some  nurses are too slow...
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