Her Niece’s School Nurse Got Upset Because She Didn’t Disclose She Was A Doctor Upon Visiting The Nurse’s Office
A few days ago, this 29-year-old woman planned to pick her 7-year-old niece, Sophie, up from elementary school. Then, they were supposed to spend the afternoon together.
Once she actually arrived at her niece’s school, though, Sophie got so excited to see her that she started running.
And unfortunately, while racing to see her, Sophie accidentally tripped, fell down, and bruised her knee.
At that point, her niece apparently burst into tears, and she was forced to immediately bring Sophie to the nurse’s office.
Afterward, she met the nurse– who was a woman in her early twenties. And thankfully, the nurse was able to calm Sophie down and help clean and dress the knee wound.
Now, for context, she has apparently told her niece a lot about her work as a doctor in the past. That’s why her niece is pretty knowledgeable about medicine and wound up asking whether the knee wound was going to need stitches.
“And if so, how many and what kind,” she added.
Sophie’s question thoroughly impressed the school nurse, too– who wound up showing her niece a few pieces of medical equipment. Then, the nurse asked if Sophie wanted to be a nurse like her.
It was at that moment that her niece responded no, and instead revealed how she wanted to be a doctor just like her aunt.
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After her niece proudly revealed her profession, though, it became apparent that the school nurse was upset.
Then, the nurse even asked her why she had not mentioned anything about her profession– which genuinely confused her.
She wound up asking why she would ever need to mention that she is a doctor. She also decided to throw in a couple of compliments– claiming that the nurse was good at her job.
“And I enjoyed witnessing a professional at work,” she recalled.
The school nurse just told her she was being too generous with her compliments, though. Still, she claimed that she was just being honest. She also thanked the nurse for helping take care of her niece’s knee.
Anyway, it eventually came time for her and Sophie to leave. At that point, the nurse made another comment about her career– claiming that it would be difficult to guess her progression since she looks a lot better than many of her colleagues.
She took this as a compliment, too, and thanked the nurse again. Finally, she reiterated how she appreciated the nurse helping out Sophie.
The conversation did not end there, though. Instead, the nurse actually claimed that she still owed an apology for not being upfront about her job.
“And that it felt like I was testing her or deliberately trying to see how she was doing,” she recalled.
She was caught off guard by that remark and immediately apologized. She also tried to explain how that was not what she meant at all.
On the contrary, she detailed how she knew the nurse was more than capable of successfully doing her job.
However, the nurse did not let her off the hook. Instead, the nurse suggested that she could perhaps find a way to properly make it up to her.
So, she wound up just saying, “Sure,” before telling the nurse that she and Sophie had to get going.
Anyway, in hindsight, she doesn’t really think she was being rude. But, at the same time, she’s still been left wondering whether she should have told the school nurse that she was a doctor.
Do you think she should have disclosed she was a doctor in this situation? Why would the nurse expect that? Does it seem like maybe the nurse was just trying to flirt with her? What do you think?
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