What's Wrong With Being Called a Nurse?

A presentation on gender, femininity, and leadership in medicine recently caused a stir among the nurses on my staff. The presentation, originally delivered at a national conference by one of the emergency medicine residents at Boston Medical Center and later published on HealthCity, was generally well received, with the exception of a single sentence toward the top.

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Thanks for the compliment, but I'm not a nurse

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Please don't call me 'the student

My MIL just posted this very helpful guide on how to be the kind of patient family that makes me have mental breakdowns in the supply closet. : r/ nursing

I'm not a nurse, I'm a female doctor. But thanks for the compliment.