There are certain things that nurses react to strangely for some reason, and a large portion of the interview rests on their shoulders.

Some things such as certain person habits I'm uncomfortable telling a nurse for reasons of strange faces, strange responses, less professionalism in regards to what I'm saying, etc. Even to the extent of previously diagnosed illnesses sometimes it's just really obvious how uncomfortable they react to them even though they are genetic, non-contagious, completely controlled, and not even that big of a deal.

Once the doctor comes in, I'll correct the things I intentionally fudged because doctors are generally really cool about any information you give. They are also extremely professional in comparison to any nurses I've talked to. It must have something to do with the training involved comparitively between nurses and doctors.

Even ER nurses can be bad sometimes, though they tend to be much better than general doctors' nurses. Leaving doors open to the waiting room while asking extremely personal questions has happened to me. I also had a bad reaction to a medication once and ended up in the ER. I told her I took one pill as directed on day 1, then half a pill on day 2 (the day I arrived at ER) because the side-effects were too strong. She jumped to the conclusion that I had taken half a bottle and said it in such a way that was extremely alarming and uncomfortable to me (practically accusatory). Why would someone who was complaining about strong side-effects and had given you no indication of depression or suicidal tendencies want to take half a bottle of something?

I also have a problem with some pre-surgery rooms that are open ended. Basically nurses in these rooms will scream my medical history to people I can physically see, and after waiting 5 minutes I know their full name and medical history as well.

My grandpa once slipped and hit his lip, requiring four stitches. Three of them apparently were healed over partially before they had to remove them, and the nurse wrote down that he had one stich. He politely corrected her and said there were four, but they ended up having an argument over it and she basically was clearly under the impression that he was senile and mistaken. The doctor came in (different one from the first doctor, so it wasn't him remembering what had happened), and he took a look and in under 10 seconds told the nurse there were at least three stiches visible, though two were hard to spot so the mistake was understandable and there was a possibility of a fourth based on what the patient had reported. Mistakes? Sure everyone makes them even doctors, but arguing over it assuming you are right is a huge problem. (On an unrelated note, I have no idea why this argument even happened... it should have been written down on paper somewhere how many stitches there were...)

There are some serious privacy issues with the medical industry still. They take the data and stuff entered into the computer very seriously, but personal interactions actually make me NOT want to go to the doctor over things that could be fairly serious.

It has nothing to do with gender, either. I've had male nurses act unprofessionally and female doctors act extremely professionally. It's clearly a difference in profession.

I should also note I've had quite a few nurses act extremely professionally before so if you are a nurse, I'm not trying to insult you. I'm just saying that there is a high rate of unprofessional nurses out there and there is really no way to tell until you've revealed too much.

I'm curious if the solution is better training or if the training already is great, just the nurse to doctor ratio is high making it more likely for nurses to be this way.