The hospital staff cafeteria starts getting particularly busy at 5 PM.
Some of the general staff and caregivers come early for a meal. A few clever caregivers might even help the doctors get their food.
Many imagine caregivers just dealing with patients' bodily needs and feeding them in wards. In reality, the major hospitals have a complex mix of non-contract workers, and even those who look like nurses are often just outsourced caregivers for the departments.
Although no job is inherently superior or inferior, there is still a clear hierarchy in hospitals based on the caregivers' duties, benefits, and contracts.
The most influential is the head of the nursing department, followed by the chief head nurse, head nurses, and other leaders.
Then come the regular nurses.
Senior nurses are quite respected, with decent positions, but not particularly high. They are completely different from senior physicians.
