Reply #98: You also have to add to that the fact that many (if not most) medical

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consults are stressful for the patient. He/she may not hear things as clearly as we might suppose. If we add to that the practice many nurses have of wearing the long white lab coats (generally reserved for physicians) AND add the token introduction that "I'm Doctor Susie, your nurse", you're begging for the patient to be totally confused as to who's treating him/her. And, if you don't believe it, believe this - my daughter is an M.D. Her lab coat says "Dr. XXX XXXX, M.D. on it as does her billboard size hospital I.D. She always introduces herself to her patients as, "Hello, I'm Doctor XXX". Nonetheless, about 98 times out of 100 the patients think she's a nurse.