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For this reason, the role of the '''spouse''' in health care has flourished. It is a common scenario where if, for example, a urologist fields a consult and says "I'm awfully busy" and "I can't get to it right now" to follow these phrases with a suggestion of "But I can pass it along to my wife and she can help you out!" The [[ACGME|Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)]] is currently drafting new guidelines limiting the work hours of a resident's non-medical spouse to 80 hours per week.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/acgme-168-hours/ ACGME Limits Resident Work Hours to 168 Per Week (Gomerblog)]</ref>
A '''spouse''' is always preferable to an aunt or uncle who is a nurse.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/08/family-member/ RN Relieved to Find Out That Patient’s Family Member’s Aunt is a Nurse (Gomerblog)]</ref>
