24th July 2012, 10:39 AM
^Very much agreed.
As far as the medical trade is concerned, a relative of mine as a fresh nursing graduate was given 12-hour overnight shifts on a geriatric ward, with one other member of staff. Pretty routine these days and apparently counts as "post graduate training". As for doctors, whilst interacting with them I've often been reminded of that old joke:
Q: What do you call a doctor who graduated with the lowest mark in the country?
A: "Doctor".
As far as the medical trade is concerned, a relative of mine as a fresh nursing graduate was given 12-hour overnight shifts on a geriatric ward, with one other member of staff. Pretty routine these days and apparently counts as "post graduate training". As for doctors, whilst interacting with them I've often been reminded of that old joke:
Q: What do you call a doctor who graduated with the lowest mark in the country?
A: "Doctor".