She felt a greater sense of belonging to the nurses in the operating room. Since she didn't have the same level of professionalism with them and didn't pose a threat to them. Female colleagues, during the Thursday evening festivities, remained defiant to each other by expressing the high-end version of fashion where others tried to outsmart each other by seducing their male counterparts. Brooke always thought these parties were pure entertainment. She did not accept that single women should succeed married women. She never crossed that line and maintained marriage as a sacred vow between two people. If you couldn't trust your partner, who could you trust. These nurses could be especially dangerous if a doctor they are interested in seems more interested in you. Fellow nurses do not fight fairly and would do anything to eliminate their competitors from the department to allow them to pursue the work of the doctor of their choice. They would lie and be deceptive in order to create a bad reputation against their competitors by possibly reporting false information.