They called Avery Collins the lazy nurse because she had a habit that drove busy people crazy. She stopped, she watched, and sometimes while everyone else was moving, she sat down.
That morning, Daniel Reeves, 58, had come up from the emergency department with chest pressure, shortness of breath, and a blood pressure that had been sliding lower for the past hour. Six physicians had already been involved between the emergency team, cardiology, and the admitting service. No one had found a reason to abandon the working cardiac plan.
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