The emergency room can be a messy, chaotic place. While nurses are trained to work closely with the ambulance drivers coming through the door carting mortally wounded cargo, valuable time can be wasted in all the 'he said, she said'. Although everyone's just here to help save the lives of innocent strangers, there's an unseen hierarchy within the ranks of any hospital that would make patients sick to their stomachs.
In an environment where doctors are comparing their knowledge and intellect, the patient's real needs can get lost in the kerfuffle. Just like in our next story…
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Nurses are certainly not drawn to their work by the amazing work hours, financial freedom, or endless praises, so it's save to say that most professionals join the force because of their desire to help people. But that doesn't mean that they're not desperate to show off their intellectual prowess.
In our next story, one nurse took things too far with an incorrect, and frankly arrogant diagnosis. Without a second thought, a triage nurse wrongly diagnoses an emergency room patient, belittling the ambulance driver's original judgement. Scroll for the full story of how this ambulance driver puts a hot-headed nurse in her place, dissing her in front of her peers to prove a point.
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