It's An ED RN

An ED RN Smashes The Patriarchy


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Raise your hand if you've never, in your nursing career, been yelled at by a physician.

Zero hands detected.

When every nurse you know has a story about being dressed down by a doc, it stops being anecdote; it's endemic.

References from this episode:

Women are seven times more likely to be misdiagnosed during a heart attack

90% of female docs have experienced sexism at work

One woman recorded her surgery and it was pretty bad

An anonymous admission of doctors behaving badly (Our Family Secrets)

77% of nurses and physicians have witnessed disruptive doctor behavior

The Joint Commission stats on workplace bullying in healthcare

NYT article in which a nurse recounts instances of doctors behaving badly

The Guardian article in which a doctor recounts exclusively nurses' experiences

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