WHAT HAP PENS WHEN YOU ARE SICK OR IN JURED AND NEED MED I CAL AT TEN TION? You go to a doc tor’s of fice, or a hos pi tal emer gency room, or a com mu nity clinic. In most in stances, the first pro fes sional you will have con tact with is a nurse. In a grow ing num ber of cases that do not need a doc tor’s at ten tion when a nurse spe cial ist is on hand, it is that nurse who can han dle the med i cal prob lem with a.