She did the procedure. She got lucky and the patient wasn't hurt. Then she found a job in a hospital run by doctors instead of administrators.
I feel bad even telling this story, because my friend is a super ethical person and this is far from her proudest moment. But that's how these things go, right? You come to a moment where every practical consideration tells you to do the thing you don't believe in, and no one ever has to know, and it probably won't cause any harm this one time ... and you become someone you never wanted to be. It takes real strength and forethought to make the right call there in the moment.
I feel bad even telling this story, because my friend is a super ethical person and this is far from her proudest moment. But that's how these things go, right? You come to a moment where every practical consideration tells you to do the thing you don't believe in, and no one ever has to know, and it probably won't cause any harm this one time ... and you become someone you never wanted to be. It takes real strength and forethought to make the right call there in the moment.