Why is it always nurses who ask “why?”
Article Outline
In response to your editorial about asking the question “Why?” (vol 82, December 2005), I applaud you for not creating yet another policy. My question is, why did a nurse have to ask all the questions and solve the problem? Why didn't the purchasing department inform the maintenance department that the needed part was obsolete? Why didn't the purchasing department order new stretchers or communicate with the nursing department directly if it was nursing's budget item? Purchasing department personnel should have solved the problem, not nurses. Other departments need to be responsible and accountable. Historically, it has always been nurses who solve the problems. Why?
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PII: S0001-2092(06)60187-7
doi:10.1016/S0001-2092(06)60187-7
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