“Nurses don’t have a monopoly on compassion,” writes Kim over at Emergiblog in a thought-provoking post about—among other things (including vintage nurses’ uniforms)—some words of wisdom from a doctor colleague on why people visit the ER over seemingly minor problems.
-Jacob M., AJN senior editor
I do not think that nurses have a monopoly on compassion but that quality combined with empathy and gender-related culturing sets them up for exploitation and burnout. The idea of auto industry workers morphing into nurses gives me a glimmer of hope that the pattern our profession has been caught in may change.