Profile Essay
When you were younger, has anyone asked you what you wanted to be when you got older? Whether it was a teacher, doctor, lawyer, police officer, engineer or even a firefighter, we all have a dream or desire to be and to do great when we get older. Edward E. Rosenbaum once said: “Doctors are great – as long as you don’t need them.” This quote is not necessarily true; A human being will always need some type of doctor in their life regardless of if they live a healthy lifestyle or not. There are many types of Doctors. Doctors from Physicians to Surgeons are all over the world and there are more and more students and adults wanting to become doctors. Why would one individual want to become a doctor? Maybe to save peoples lives, maybe for the money or maybe they want to become a doctor to have a feeling as if they’re over someone because of their degree. But do you think that doctors are above you as far as their degree? Ashley Carter, an on call, on travel nurse practitioner stated that “Doctors are only above us because of their degree, but in my opinion I don’t think doctors should make as much money as they do because we do more than they do. We’re their assistants and everything but we do more work when it’s all said at done. We prepare everything for them for instance, for someone who’s receiving a specific surgery; we have to get everything ready. Their room, the equipment is all prepared by us and even after the surgery we clean up everything. We’re still caring for the patients because that’s what our job is but at the same time the doctor should be there as well because they get paid more than we do and it’s their patient.” Salary.com describes a Surgeons job description as an individual who performs surgery to prevent and correct injuries, deformities, and diseases or improve patient function, appearance or quality of life. Reviews patient history and confirms need for surgery. Determines which instruments and method of surgery will be most
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