I work in a relatively small community hospital. We have 120 beds. We have been rated in the top 100 hospitals in the US for the past 7 years straight. I'm just wondering does the size of the hospital have anything to do with the way you are treated by the doctors? With the exception of 5 doctors, I feel like our doctors (20-25 doc's that we regularly see) really respect us as nurses and value our opinions. They are interested in us as people and concerned when they see that we are not feeling well. They never grump when we beep them or call them on their cells. They are friendly when you see them out in public. I just really enjoy working with them and feel like it's mutual. What I'm saying is that they act like co-workers not superiors. Is this true everywhere? no matter the size of the hospital? Or does it just depend on the doctor and I'm really lucky to work with so many good ones?
I'm telling my age here, I'll be 50 this year, when I was first in nursing the doctors were definately the superiors and acted like it too. We had to get up and give them our chair whenever they came into the nurses station. We carried their charts for them. So glad things have changed! We have one older doctor that jokes everytime "who going to carry my charts?". We all ignore him on purpose and he says "my nurses are growing up" and goes about his business, he's so cute. Just wondering how you think you are treated by the doctors that you work with?