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by sharann

So what do you all think is the best way to deal with a doc who starts up with a negative attitude and starts yelling of he doesn't get what he want's? DO you walk away. Do you say "I will not put up with you bad mouthing the nurses..." or what? We had a surgeon come in and start demanding things of us(which we had nothing tho do with and were unaware of) and started telling us how difficult we were and we were just being this way on purpose(yada yada)... No matter what we said we couldn't placate him so we just let him rant and called our manager(while he continued to rant at the air since we all walked away from him). Now this guy has been an A-sole but we never met him before so we had no clue. I am sick of these guys pulling this garbage so I walked away. There was no patient present yet by the way. He acted like we were obstructing justice or something.
After our manager(a male) talked to him I heard he was sweet as pie to my co-worker(I always miss this stuff)

[zenman]

Originally Posted by sharann

So what do you all think is the best way to deal with a doc who starts up with a negative attitude and starts yelling of he doesn't get what he want's? DO you walk away. Do you say "I will not put up with you bad mouthing the nurses..." or what? We had a surgeon come in and start demanding things of us(which we had nothing tho do with and were unaware of) and started telling us how difficult we were and we were just being this way on purpose(yada yada)... No matter what we said we couldn't placate him so we just let him rant and called our manager(while he continued to rant at the air since we all walked away from him). Now this guy has been an A-sole but we never met him before so we had no clue. I am sick of these guys pulling this garbage so I walked away. There was no patient present yet by the way. He acted like we were obstructing justice or something.
After our manager(a male) talked to him I heard he was sweet as pie to my co-worker(I always miss this stuff)

Call a Code Orange or whatever you want to call it where as many nurses as possible from all over the hospital rush over, surround the guy and just stare at him. I've heard that this really changes their behavior.

[VizslaMom]

Originally Posted by zenman

Call a Code Orange or whatever you want to call it where as many nurses as possible from all over the hospital rush over, surround the guy and just stare at him. I've heard that this really changes their behavior.

That's Great!!

[jaimealmostRN]

Originally Posted by zenman

Call a Code Orange or whatever you want to call it where as many nurses as possible from all over the hospital rush over, surround the guy and just stare at him. I've heard that this really changes their behavior.

The floor that I am a student on just did this last week. There is no "official" code orange or any thing, but as many nurses/managers/residents/techs as possible go stand next to the person being attacked. In this case, an older dr. began yelling at one of the RNs about something that was not her job. This person had a long history of yelling and basicaly embarrassing himself. Myself and two other RNs stood next to her and just looked at him. He stormed off the unit and the resident came over and apologized....apparently he is like this to everyone. I am very happy that people just don't try to ignore things like this and pretend that they didn't just happen. I, however, would laugh in the person's face and threaten to call security if it kept up....but thats just me!!!

[michelleicu]

Originally Posted by jaimealmostRN

The floor that I am a student on just did this last week. There is no "official" code orange or any thing, but as many nurses/managers/residents/techs as possible go stand next to the person being attacked. In this case, an older dr. began yelling at one of the RNs about something that was not her job. This person had a long history of yelling and basicaly embarrassing himself. Myself and two other RNs stood next to her and just looked at him. He stormed off the unit and the resident came over and apologized....apparently he is like this to everyone. I am very happy that people just don't try to ignore things like this and pretend that they didn't just happen. I, however, would laugh in the person's face and threaten to call security if it kept up....but thats just me!!!

that's cool that you all helped her out.

[zenman]

Another consideration would be to surround the guy, turn around and "moon" him!

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

Another consideration would be to surround the guy, turn around and "moon" him!

Oh yeah. That's a real professional response.

[traumaRUs]

I'm one of those "old" nurses who won't tolerate being yelled at, no matter what. No one should tolerate that nonsense. Personally, I've never been involved in a "code orange" before. I can (fortunately) take care of myself. However, I do step in if I see a nurse being bullied because its something I just can't tolerate.

[zenman]

Originally Posted by Angie O'Plasty, RN

Oh yeah. That's a real professional response.

Maybe that's the point! :hatparty:

[Altra]

There's an MD at the hospital where I work as a tech who's known to have a temper tantrum once or twice a month. Everyone walks away and ignores him.