Doctors are not ‘better’ than nurses

MDLinx May 5, 2023
By Kristen Fuller, MD | Fact-checked by MDLinx Staff

The nurse keeps up with compressions, “hard and fast,” knowing these are her patient’s last few moments. It’s 30 minutes in, and she feels two of his ribs crack under her hands. The ER physician finally calls the time of death. The nurse talks with the family, performs post-mortem care, places her patient in a body bag, and quickly walks to see a new patient, who arrives holding a Del Taco bag and a large soda, complaining of ear pain and a cough. “It took you long enough!” he screams. “I have been waiting for two hours. This ER is horrible.”

This scenario may seem extreme, but sadly, this type of treatment of nurses is not uncommon.

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