Probably. In the context of a more acute situation (e.g. emergency room, or the patient is in severe distress), the nurses are trained to inject their judgment. But in a more casual context (like an office visit to a GP), they're not.
The important point, though, is it's a matter of *competence* not something trivializable like "bedside manner" or "rudeness". If the Dr is too incompetent to know how to assess a patient, you do not want that Dr. On 07/13/2018 08:23 AM, Curt McNamara wrote: > Actually the question was about the nurse :-) and (from my understanding) > the dynamics of medicine is such that nurses *don't* give doctors feedback > on things like this. So the good advice here (which i agree with) would > need to be passed onto the doctor directly -- ∄ uǝʃƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
