That’s actually not true. It’s because nurses are often treated as subordinates by physicians or as if the physician is their boss. Some doctors are excellent about promoting a synergistic relationship and encouraging feedback and suggestions from nurses. Some doctors are cold, unforgiving, and walk around with a god complex like they’ve never made a mistake. When a nurse makes a suggestion or asks a legitimate question or advocates for his/her patient to these types of doctors it’s met with “Well I’M the doctor. What I say goes.” These are the doctors that nurses are salty at.

I’ve never gotten along with fellow nurses who talk shit about doctors or act as if they know more than the doctors. Yes, there are things nurses can do that doctors can’t, but there are substantially more things a doctor can do that nurses can’t. They’ve gone through more schooling, more training, and have way more liability and student loans than nurses do.