I work in a long-term care facility. Our medical director doesn't have the best bedside manners, but he is our medical director and we should have some respect for his position.
Yesterday a resident came back from a visit with his VA doc and was given a 30 day supply of pain medication. Our nursing facility MUST call our medical director and get an ok from him before we can give the medication. Medical director says we can only give the resident 5 days of the medication and no more. Resident is so upset that he is refusing to take the medication at all now. This really upsets me. The resident is in pain. (He was hurt in Korea and has a bad knee). I see this type of behaviour all the time from this doc. Very arrogant and teetering on the malpractice side. Families are mad, complaining and I hear the brunt of it all. It's maddening to try to make these residents happy and be a good RN, then to have a doctor to make life miserable for our residents. Is this normal behaviour of a medical director?