Epitaph to the Multitasking Myth

For some years, many of us have known that the one certain way for someone in the medical profession to take their life in their own hands is to ask a nurse to do two things at the same time.

This has now been acknowledged by several hospital trusts which have insisted that nurses now wear tabards asking people not to interrupt them with additional requests.

Some years ago the role of the nurse was rebranded from a vocation for angels to a profession.
But there isn't a profession on earth that would be lowered to this.
Where is the fight?

It is an insult to the quiet, calm short-skirted nurse (don't get me on scrubs) who actually can cope well, make a difference and used those nice slow thermometers that you could dip in your cup of tea.
I don't mean the nurse that bitches at the nursing station, who can't make a bed (never mind that cup of tea), but the one who came into it for the right reasons (money, the generous sick leave and the right to have a go at doctors) and tries not to hate the patients for being ill.

I would employ nurses preferentially who don't have a degree.
Give me a nurse that wants to be a good nurse.
Give me a doctor that wants to be a better doctor.
Leave the administrators at home and I'll show you gently how we do great care together.

Honestly, what would Florence say?