it is sad...but it is in fact true...even as a nurse i get the same "look" and people always check my name badge... if i say... i am ______ and i am your nurse today...they always go...oooooh i thought you were the aide...or u must be a LPN...if i go noooo I am a RN...they go...Oh you must have gone to school A ( the community college)...there are two schools in my city...a well known state school that is hard to get into and the nursing program is even harder...or the community college...
people try very hard to put us in the lowest possibe category...and i don't think it is always intentional or mean spirited either, it is just their perception of things...so all we can do is just keep smiling, do our jobs well, and eventually things will change
, it is getting better!
i know i will get the same looks in med school...but i am more prepared for it now
... i have had people say... i don't want a black nurse...and i just turn around ..smile and say to them...you are the patient...it is your right to have your requests honored...so go back out into the waiting room and it will be another three hours or so before anyone gets to you...you just lost your place in line...but i will make a note of that....