The nurse asked the dispatcher when the fire department would arrive.

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At the clinic, I asked the nurse to start Angel on an I.

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During the call, Halvorson tried to reason with Colleen to start CPR, and when she said her boss won't allow that, the dispatcher asked her to hand the phone to someone nearby, or anyone the nurse could flag down who was not beholden to the facility's policy.

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Sometimes the patient had asked for such help, sometimes the plea came from the family, and sometimes the nurse stricken by the sight of seemingly needless suffering had herself taken the initiative.

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U. I asked him how long it would be before the average doctor or nurse is as apt to have a checklist in hand as a stethoscope (which, unlike checklists, has never been proved to make a difference to patient care).

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Passengers on the Southeastern service were asked to move off the train or into a separate carriage as an off-duty midwife, nurse and police officer came forward to help.

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One nurse consultant I spoke to told me that being asked to vote on whether or not to accept the deal felt a bit like trying to decide whether or not to take out a bank loan without knowing the interest rate.

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