Classic post: An ER nurse tells us how she really feels

April 2005 – An ER nurse with a tirade for the ages:

The fear of liability is why we send so many people to the ED. But don’t take it out on the advice nurses, they are simply doing what the docs are instructing. And that means sending everyone in question to the ER to be evaluated as a cya measure. You can see the pressures of defensive medicine has gotten to this nurse in particular.

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