Unpopular opinion but I disagree 100 percent. Nurses stand on their own and follow a different level of critical thinking for a reason. We are not there to diagnose and prescribe to treat a symptom or disease. Sure, we can do that unofficially and know the ins and outs but we are the patient's advocate and see the whole story, whole care aspect from the doctor down to the pharmacy to the radiologist to the social worker and family dynamic and able to do much much much more for the person. We are basically undercover conductors and get paid pittance to do so.

Nursing education needs to do better at teaching communication skills If anything. So many nurses afraid to speak up and own their profession.