Can we afford to lose nurses? The economic argument for change
The medical alert blared over the hospital’s public announcement system. Someone was down in the medical office building. A medical team, including myself and a doctor, rushed with a portable cot to find a man in his early 30s unconscious on the waiting room floor.
The man hadn’t been feeling well and was waiting to see his doctor when he passed out. We whisked him to the ER, and I …
