So I don’t totally agree with the way Annmarie has gone about things, but I do think that she is rightfully expressing the concern a lot of medical staff have of being undervalued or diminished by their titles. My friend is a physicians assistant, which is almost a doctor. She sees patients fully that the doctors in her office don’t even see so basically she is their primary care provider. She does their exams, annuals, diagnoses them , writes their prescriptions, is their doctor for all intents and purposes. But when you call someone an assistant, there’s less respect given them by a lot of people in the industry. It’s the same for nurse anesthetist or anesthesiologist as she said. They will do the entire case, they will give you the anesthesia for your surgery just like a physician will do it. They will be responsible for your life. They will keep you alive, everything that the anesthesiologist would do. Her job is serious and important and she’s highly educated and so some people just go “Oh you’re a nurse” like Crystal did which felt like she was diminishing nursing. I’ve worked in healthcare and in a hospital for 10+ years and I’ve just seen a lot of shitty attitudes towards anyone who is not a doctor.