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Emergency Operators Did Little To Help A Woman Dying In A Hospital Waiting Room

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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:41 AM EDT
There are plently of GREAT NURSES out there it's just sad this particular one wasn't one of them. Trust me there are plently of furious nurses out there, and one should not spoil it for the rest, but it just shows there are nurses out there who should not be granted a license. It is frightening i wouldn't want a nurse like that caring for me.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilemma between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for the patient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot nurse.
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by betterjack June 15, 2007 1:13 AM EDT
To drivelphobe

Iam not only targeting Nurses. Like I mention before nurses are suppose to advocate for their patients. When their is an ethical dilema between patient and Doctor, a nurse is usually one to stick up a make sure a patient is properly taken care of when the nurse feels that the Physician is not properly caring for thpatient. Iam just saying that the nurse should have fought for this women to be seen. She should have been more out spoken. This situation does not only reflect the nurse's and Physician's poor job but management job as well. Don't become a robot Nurse
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by hootsmun June 15, 2007 12:55 AM EDT
Heads will roll, and rightly so, but I don't believe this was a doc's fault, unless things are different down there. Where I live you don't see a doc until you're thru the doors into the ER Ward proper. The nurses book you in and prioritize ....you wait in the waiting room/area according to their instructions.... THEN you're seen by a doc. It seems this poor lady never laid eyes on a doctor. Not good.
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