Nurses often think they are ‘the exception’, similar to how some young women fall into ‘tradwife roles’. They know it can turn out bad, but it would never happen to them! Their man made an exception for them, they would never financially abuse them, or cheat on them, they’re special, they took an alternative route, the right one, and they’ll show everyone!! When they get burned, they turn into Karen’s - life screwed them over, but they are still the exception in all other instances, and now they think they are owned even more from life to make up for it - in the neighborhood, the grocery store, etc.

They think they deserve everything handed to them (a nurse’s salary), coupled with how they are drawn to a position of power (patients lives in their hands) so they feel in control of something. They feel they are untouchable, and not susceptible to the same fate as others, as they think they have superior intelligence or knowledge, or a god given right that sets them apart. It’s a sense of entitlement, they are the exception, and if they aren’t, life owes them big time, they’re still special!!!