My head almost exploded last night.

It all started when I went to Generic Nurse K's blog and read this post about false dichotomies. Of course, then I had to go read the post she was going nuts over.

Now, I don't read the Universal Health Blog. The uncomplicated reason is that it's got too many columns and links and clutter and it hurts my ADHD brain. It's just not visually appealing. I don't want to have to work so hard to be entertained/informed, etc. The other reason is that this N=1 person bores me. If I don't either laugh at what you write or agree with what you write, I don't waste my time with you. I would expect the same of anyone visiting my blog.

Besides.

You have to break up the eloquent verbosity with some strategically placed spaces.

Like so.

Otherwise my brain goes into "scan" mode, and I skip 3/4 of what you have to say. I'm just sayin'. (That's why girlvet intimidates me. She can make me read an entire page with no spaces, and I read the whole thing. How does she DO that?)

Anyhoo. While I was on the previously-mentioned rant-inducing site, I figured that I would look through a few posts, you know, just in case I had made an error *gasp* in judgement. (Hey, I've been wrong before. Once, I think.) And I came upon this post about nurses and doctors and why can't we all just get along. Which led to posts by Signout, another by N=1, and one by Midwife With a Knife.

After at least an hour of painful reading (because I was determined to stick it out to the very freakin' end), I came to my own conclusion.

This person with the pseudonym N=1 is, as Scalpel puts it, C-R-A-Y-Z-E-E. And not just regular crazy. Angry crazy. And not just angry crazy. Angry crazy with a huge sense of entitlement.

When I read a physician blog, I read it as just that. A physician blogging. When I read a med student blog, I read it as just that. A med student. Someone who is going to be a physician.

You know, a physician. That guy (or gal), who went to 7-10 freakin' years of medical school. Compare that to 2 years for an ADN. Or 3 if you've got a BSN. Last time I checked, 2 did not equal 10. All of the associated monetary costs of school and subsequent pay after school are not equal. The decision-making requirements and responsibility for those decisions are not equal.

Therefore. Nurses. and. Physicians. Are. Not. Equals.

The people may be equals. An MD isn't any more important as a person than the guy working behind the counter at McDonalds. But nobody ever died because they didn't get a hamburger. And McDonalds workers don't need malpractice insurance. (Though they should. Yuck!)

So if I read a physician's blog and they put the nurses in their own section in the blogroll, I think, "Hey, they've got nurses on their blogroll. Cool!" Not, "Hey, why are the nurses segregated on the blogroll? Bastard!"

If I read a physician's blog and they say nice things about what a nurse has done, I think,"Hey, they noticed how hard we work. Cool!" Not, "Hey what about how smart I am? Bastard!"

If I read a med student's blog and they don't *gasp* mention the nurses in every post, I think, "Damn. Sucks to be them. They work hard. Glad I decided not to go to medical school." Not, "Why aren't they talking about me? Bastard!"

And if I don't like what someone has to say on their very own blog that they started, write, and maintain, I just don't read it. I don't attack them in the comments, and I sure the hell don't come back and make a huge pain in the ass of myself. It's their damn blog!

So I was already wanting to beat this N=1 person about the head with a crowbar, when I clicked on the "About" tab and read this.

"I continue to hold nursing licensure in one state, but I no longer practice clinically, no longer teach, and no longer work as an employee within the healthcare industry. As one who never found a niche in the system, I find blogging to be a platform for free-er thinking - and for the risks and advantages that the forum provides."

Translation: I sucked as a nurse, and I'm no longer a nurse, but I'm going to continue to call myself a nurse and throw Molotov Cocktails at people from behind my cloak of anonymity.

That's even lower than a politician. At least they're not anonymous.

Jeez. Go away, you freak.

PS: N=1, if you grace us with your presence, you only get one comment. I'll delete any more than that. I will not allow you to take over my comments section with your diatribes.

Thank you, that is all.