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If a nurse asks the emergency physician (EP) whether an arterial blood gas (ABG) is needed because a boarded patient’s pulse oximetry is dropping, a busy EP’s response might be to tell the nurse to order the test and let the admitting physician know about it.

Accept Responsibility for Boarded Patients, or Face Suits