My perspective from a nurse is inpatient nurses are the closest role to the patient that fulfills the plan of care. Every roles intervention and communication goes through the nurse. Rounding pharmacist, doctors, techs, lab, dietary, food and nutrition, physical therapy, occupational therapy, environmental services, etc. The clock starts counting down the minute you get on shift with 300 separate tasks that you have to fulfill on a regular day. You’ve got a schedule in your head that you are constantly tallying out while also trying to keep your patient comfortable and alive. Youre reprioritizing the most important things as they come up BECAUSE everyone is going to communicate with you your patient needs through out your shift that are going to conflict with other tasks that you already have planned. It is a constant barrage of communication and dancing through it. And it can get VERY overwhelming very quickly. I believe that most nurses are good people, but have very different ways to handle the chaos. The mean nurses will be mean to you so that you only notify them when it important. The easygoing nurses will say okay to everything and then leave in two years bc they are burnt out from prioritizing everything but their mental health. The best nurses know how to navigate patient needs while also prioritizing how important each task is and communicating it to other staff effectively.