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>compared to the average doctor the average nurse is an idiot.

After that statement, I'll assume you don't know what you're talking about or you're in some odd part of the planet where nursing is taught on the job.

Around here, nursing requires years of training. Psych, biology, pharmacology and I don't know what. We have different level of nursing qualifications, with the longest being a nurse practitioner, capable of legally prescribing medication.

It is a field regulated by the same governing body as doctors, and is not trivial in any way.