Annoyed by what I saw in the dining room...vent

[mom2cka]

About a week ago, I was waiting in line on my dinner break, and in front of me was a nursing instructor, a handful of nursing students, and a physician. The instructor shooed the physician ahead of her, saying 'You go ahead, Dr. XYZ.' For some reason, that annoyed me more than anything has lately around the hospital. I mean, really!?! - why is his time more important than anyone else's? Was she showing respect to a doctor, making a point (???) to her students, deferring to him without reason... I really don't know why, but it's still bothering me, and I thought I'd share. Of course, he went ahead, signed his slip for his free meal () and went on... thanks for listening to my vent!

[eriksoln, BSN, RN]

Aww, come on....it's OK to be courteous- even to physicians.

Seriously. What Orange Tree said.

I had to read the post like.......well, a lot...........to figure out what the problem was. Then I was like :smackingf "Oh,ok, because it was a doctor."

Meh, IDK what this Doctor vs. Nurse thing going around lately is about. Guess I should be glad I've always been individualistic (:p Often to a fault) and routinely avoid the "vogue" approach/opinion of things. I think the economy has promoted bitterness in many of us nurses, and yes, I'm guilty of it too. That bitterness has to be dispersed somewhere, so a lot of people choose to put it into their opinion of Doctors. No reason, no real motivation to, just happens to be the most convenient group to pick on that day.

I come from the other end of the spectrum that OP is on concerning this. Even if the instructor only did it because it was a Doctor, I don't have an issue with it. The hospitals with the physicians people wanna see do the best, period. Hell, let a few of 'em have free meals and push to the front of the line.................they stay...............your hospital is giving raises to you, housekeeping, maintenance, security and everyone else, plus is expanding to boot (instead of closing like a lot of hospitals are).

The light I see Doctors in these days is: The hospital is a big carnival. The administration most certainly are the clowns. The nurses are the rides. Dietary is, well..........duh, food service. So on so forth. The Doctors, they are the main attraction, the w/e in the show that really attracts everyone. Let'me act like divas if thats all they want.

I read OP's post and think "Nice, good for her, I'm happy for her." Why am I happy for her? Cause if something like a doc being allowed to push to the front of the lunch line is her biggest problem, she has it good. Apparently her hospital is not considering laying off nurses, no rumors of closing down floating around.....................etc

[mom2cka]

Thanks for the reality check :) I am a nurse, not a student... but was just sharing a vent.

[nursel56]

Doctors are "god". It is an inevitability and a reality. They cannot be sued (especially here in Wisconsin). They are compensated for every minute they spend with a patient. If nurses were billed for every "procedure" instead of added into the room costs with dietary and housekeeping, we'd be the number one revenue earner for hospitals. Then we too would get free meals and bumped to the front of the line. As a nurse when we are near a doctor, we are as close to a deity as is physically possible... or is it a white collar criminal? I can never remember.

That doctor wasn't bumped to the front of the line! A private citizen, of their own free will, decided to let him ahead - so if that makes him "god", then I am "god", too, because there have been times when a doctor has --gasp-- let me go in front of him or her and have even (I swear this is true) held a door open or pulled out a chair for me!! I'll stop for a moment while you ponder that seemingly preposterous yet absolutely true fact. I'm sorry you seem to be so bitter about an entire class of people with the "white collar criminal" remark. I guess if you really tried you could somehow make every post here into an us vs them argument about somebody who has it so much better than somebody else, but an act of courtesy in a cafe line merits a nasty jab at several hundred thousand people?

[SandraCVRN]

Thanks for the reality check :) I am a nurse, not a student... but was just sharing a vent.

I was just going to say I think that many misread your post thinking you were also a student in that group......

[diane227, LPN, RN]

If I were with a big group and there was a single person waiting I would let them go ahead of me no matter who they were, especially if they were on duty and needed to get back to work.