It is completely false and disheartening that people make assumptions about these nurses doing just as much as a "real" doctor does. Growing up, I visited the doctor's office a couple times a year for my vaccinations and a checkup. The doctors never gave me injections. It was always the nurses trying to calm a child, who was anxious to have a needle stuck in his arm. I have never seen any of the doctors there actually administer a shot to any of their patients. I feel like maybe it's because they feel they don't need to do "tiny" things and that nurses should give injections because in some cases some doctors might consider them their "assistants". Now, all of this is just my opinion observing some exchanges between some doctors and nurses. Not all doctors treat or act this way towards the nurses who work with them. Kateri Allard, a registered nurse, has a blog called "Just a Nurse," where she talks about her ups and downs of being a nurse. Allard describes her thoughts on the criticism nurses face: “I'm a nurse. I didn't become a nurse because I wasn't up to medical school or because I wasn't successful in organic chemistry, but rather because I chose it. I work to maintain my patient's dignity through intimate moments, difficult long-term decisions, and heartbreaking moments