MedPage Today May 7, 2024
Jeremy Faust

— Here are some facts about my invaluable colleagues

This week is National Nurses Week in the U.S., and Sunday is International Nurses Day.

I’ll just say it right up front: without registered nurses (RNs), I couldn’t be remotely effective as an emergency physician. So, to celebrate and highlight my colleagues, I’ll share a few facts and figures in a moment.

But as an ED doctor, there’s something that no infographic or data can ever capture, which I want to share first — and that is this: there is no piece of information as valuable to me as when an ED nurse approaches me to express concern about the clinical status of a patient under our mutual care. In almost...

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