I made a doctor mad at me.

I recently had to call the doc for a K level of 6.2!! Of course I was working in chronic dialysis and he hit the roof stating "these are dialysis patients, they can live with high K". I further informed him in response, "I would be negligent in not notifying you Doctor ***, therefore do you have any new orders?" When he said no I just stated "thank you" and hung up. I then informed the supervisor and documented well. These type responses from docs will happen all through your career so dont let it offend you as he was the one being neglectful! Good for you for sticking up for your patient and being the advocate we are meant to be

As others have posted, this won't be the last time, but if we as nurses report each incident like this, hopefully they will become fewer and far between.

As if it's SOOO hard to give a phone order for eye drops. Boo-hoo-hoo. Ever notice people like that spend more time complaining than actually dealing with the issue? I think they just enjoy complaining and trying to make other people feel small. Sad, isn't it, when you have to knock others down to feed your own pathetic thirst for power?

Brush it off. You did the right thing. It won't be the last time you get yelled at, believe me. It's THIER problem, not yours.

If I had a nickel for every doctor that I had pi$$ed off, I'd been rich enough to retire 6 months after getting my license. As long as the call is legit, who cares if the doc had his weekend ruined....too bad for him, maybe he shouldn't have become a dr!

you just did what has to be done! that's it!!! at least it wasn't the pt who got mad because of your lack of care...

don't worry about him.
you did the right thing and advocated for your pt's wellbeing.
it will not be the last time, unfortunately, that a doctor acts like a jerk to you. they can be such crabby patties when you interrupt their tee time.

i had a patient who came back for positive for HIT this weekend, INR was something of the lines of 7.4, and i called him to report it at around 0500. he said not to bother him with stuff like this on a holiday weekend. he got even madder when i asked if he wanted to give any orders and said NO I WILL BE THERE LATER and hung up. so i documented this big note in the chart. i was very tempted to write an order that said "please do not call dr. x with critical PT/INR values during holiday weekends, TO dr. x, read back".... but my charge nurse told me to behave.

HAHAHAHA

I agree (except with the spelling of "you're", which stands for "you are").

It doen't matter if they get angry! Doctors take out all their negativity on nurses, who they view as mothers/sisters/brothers, who will cut them slack. That's happened too often for too long!!!

It would only anger him/her further to respond in kind, so don't. Modelling professional behavior is essential for nurses. Stick with the facts, ma'am and only the facts. Then casually thank the doctor for doing his/her job well.

Bravo to you and all the great nurses in this world.