In the end, the lesson learned is to stop placing blame on one another and work together as a team to prevent such incidents in the first place. We all know how easy that can be. How frequent are these conflicts? Are all nurse and doctor relationships this difficult? What are some ways your staff deals with these issues?
One of the style conundrums that have plagued the editorial staff over the years is what to do with personal pronouns (he, she, her, him, his, hers), especially when we’re referring to nurses. When we’re writing about the nurse in general, the generic nurse, as it were, do we use “she” or “he”? Arguments have been made for both.
Here's a June 16 YouTube video that apparently shows outraged nurses and physicians in Tehran protesting police brutality against protesters.
A recent blog entry at the Boston Globe asks: "Should you let a male nurse deliver your baby?" No wonder men still aren't joining the profession in droves.
We've already posted about Showtime's controversial new drama, Nurse Jackie. When it rains it pours: Hawthorne, TNT's new series starring Jada Pinkett Smith as a chief nursing officer, starts tonight. Is there anything to be gained from comparing the nurse characters in the two shows, or do they exist in parallel TV universes that could never collide?