Dear Varina, there are plenty more like me- I would dare say even better. The problem is that it only takes one negligent or malefecent nurse to muddy the whole profession. Nursing is the most trusted profession in America. We don't need sloppy, negligent, or calloused nurses. We need people who are totally committed to what they are doing and who they are doing it for. Altruism may be a thing of the past in many professions, but in nursing, it is, and will always be, a prerequisite.
Is it possible that since she was classified semi-emergent that there were enough classified as emergent, and therefore first in line, that that much time passed even if everyone was doing their job? She seems a victim of misclassification but we don't know the seriousness nor number of other cases at that particular time.
The only problem with that viewpoint is that many hospital
administrators, 3rd party payers, and patients expect nurses
to do everything at once, and do more with less..
It's amazing, we have money for SUV's, plasma TV's,
gambling, cable TV, cellphones, botox., diet products,
going out to dinner daily, sports entertainment, liquor,
cigarettes, dangerously fast cars, high fashion, lattes,
money for failing public schools, 22 inch wheel rims on
cars and trucks, car DVDs, legal and illegal drugs,
money to pay for illegals schooling and health care, portable
backyard barbeques, motorhomes, time-shares, world wide
vacations, $150 dollar sneakers, $500 sunglasses, $150
steaks, $600 bottles of wine, home theaters...
but got no money for our own health care...
Just an observation, mind you, not a condemnation.