How would you handle this?

Yo Doc take it elsewhere this is a nurses lounge, you have your own to go to.

Thats how I would handle it

I would say, "I'll leave you alone, but I'd like to grab my lunch and try to find a place to sit down and eat.....space is tight and my lunchbreak time is ticking".

Perfect answer, I think. I like Teeitup's response also, but usually only a guy can get away with saying, "Yo, Doc."

If this was a one off, and reasonable MDs

I would probably find them an alternative place to talk, as there would be staffers coming in and out. Or accomodate if there is a place elsewhere for me to eat. and this is a one time thing.

If it is not a one-off, or MDs that are always invading and not recognizing boundaries, I would explain that there is no other place for staff to eat and redirect them.

I know many of us have issues with MDs, but as a professional, I treat others as I wish to be treated. If a nurse had to duck into the dictation for a few minutes as one off, I would hope that the MD could manage...and have had some do so, to permit converstaion.