At the end of the shift, Peter rushes out to catch Carter before he drives off, and tells him that he's doing a good job, even though he has areas to improve on. Carter is left breathless by the advice, mainly because Peter just missed seeing Abby get into Carter's car by a second. Now that she has a seat in the re-engineering committee, she has a voice, but it tends to get shouted down. The other department heads want the floating to be an on-going routine, and one doctor tells Carol that ER nurses shouldn't expect preferential treatment. Carol replies that it's not the nurses who should get it, it's the patients.
Critical cases come first.
Apparently her words have some effect, because later that day, a memo is circulated proclaiming that the ER nurses are exempt from floating. Later, following a suggestion from Carol, Carter tries to help out Gant by taking some of his patient load. Benton doesn't approve of this sort of help, believing that Gant won't be motivated if people are always picking up his slack. Benton lays into Gant later, and Dennis takes it out on Carter, whose well-meaning assistance got him in trouble. The best thing you can do is leave me alone.