You are so correct. I learned early on ad a resident and continue to this day to teach colleagues a good RN saves you on a daily basis. I am blessed to work with the best of the best — critical care nurses. They have saved me from bad calls from time to time. I also thoroughly agree if a RN feels executing and order is not right I am happy to execute the order myself. But that is pretty rare when that happens. If I know I am doing something that may feel uneasy, we as physicians should use that to educate and show why we are doing something.
The culture of medicine is awful. It needs to change. It starts with us as physicians but I fear about the next generation who sees this as a job, not a calling.
It starts with us as physicians but I fear about the next generation who sees this as a job, not a calling.
appears that way. Sadly.
Older people in health care sit around shaking our heads.