What is the difference between a nurse and a doctor?

Answer 1

a nurse takes care of the patient and does their vitals, while a doctor perscribes you medicine and figures out what is worng with you, and Doctor performs the surgery

Answer:

The difference between doctors and nurses is a matter of certification and licensing by local boards. One of the principle considerations is the level of education obtained by the person seeking certification. Nurses can have education levels from a technical certificates to a Masters Degree, doctors will have a doctorate in medicine and usually post doctoral work in an area of specialization.

In the work place, doctors usually take the lead in diagnosing and developing treatment or patients (drug regimens and surgery), nurses provide the practical care to back up the wok, they however have to be aware of signs and complications during the course of treatment.

Doctors, in many jurisdictions, are the only professionals that can prescribe controlled drugs. In other jurisdictions this duty and be exercised by nurses and pharmacists as well as doctors.