Why do you want to be a doctor and not a nurse?

This is a very common and difficult question at interview. Answers such as "I want to help people" will not get you very far as Lollipop Ladies "help people". Saying anything along the lines of "I'm too smart to be a nurse, therefore I want to be a doctor" will also score you poorly as this is offensive to nurses and your answer will be particularly badly received if there is a nurse on the interview panel! You must really think about the difference between the two jobs and why you would be better suited to working as a doctor. For example, doctors play a larger role with nurses in deciding care plans, whereas nurses often carry out these care plans with nurses. Nurses, however, can often spend more time with a particular patient and so may well know them better. This question is hard because there is no correct answer and requires you to think for yourself.