[bobo_legos]

Same exact story except my mom is and still is a working R.N. There was no running to the doctor or emergency room if I got sick or banged up an knee or elbow. To this day as a grown adult I still work this way. It's a completely foreign concept to me to automatically run to the doctor like so many people around me seem to do.

You're other point about knowing the limitations of doctors is completely valid. Every night at the dinner table I heard one horror story after another about the crazy shit doctors would do at her hospital. Maybe its why today I don't run to the doctor for every little thing. I got the understanding that just because someone went to medical school and got an M.D. doesn't mean they're a miracle worker. There's just as many screw ups in that industry as any other.

On the upside though if something does happen where I(or someone in my family) need a doctor I can go to her(and my R.N. sister) to tell me who the good ones are and who to avoid like the plague.