May I speak to Dr. so&so?

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I just had to share this.

Last night one of the nurses had to call one of those docs NOONE wants to call in the middle of the night. Anyways, she calls and has the guy on speaker phone coz that's who he is and that's what we've gotta do when we call him.

He starts yelling and basically cursing her out but she wasn't got have that so she calmly waited for him to finish and she says

"Am sorry, May speak with dr. so&so? My name is...am calling from..."

The doc sounding a bit confused says "This IS dr so&so. I've been talking to you for 5 minutes"

The nurse says "Am sorry u misunderstand me. Am calling to speak with dr so&so about his patient and I just know that u couldn't be him because no doc is his right mind and a license to protect would dare speak to me or any nurse like that when they are calling not to chat about the weather but about the health and wellness of his patient. I am sure you understand. So when he comes in, could you kindly have him call me @ #. I would really like to speak to him soon or am going to have to call the medical director in the middle of the night. And we all know how pleasantly that would turn out. Don't we dear?"

And hang up the phone!!!

A minute later, the doc calls back and says "This is dr so&so. someone page me?"

She is my hero.:bowingpur

I just had to share this.

Last night one of the nurses had to call one of those docs NOONE wants to call in the middle of the night. Anyways, she calls and has the guy on speaker phone coz that's who he is and that's what we've gotta do when we call him.

He starts yelling and basically cursing her out but she wasn't got have that so she calmly waited for him to finish and she says

"Am sorry, May speak with dr. so&so? My name is...am calling from..."

The doc sounding a bit confused says "This IS dr so&so. I've been talking to you for 5 minutes"

The nurse says "Am sorry u misunderstand me. Am calling to speak with dr so&so about his patient and I just know that u couldn't be him because no doc is his right mind and a license to protect would dare speak to me or any nurse like that when they are calling not to chat about the weather but about the health and wellness of his patient. I am sure you understand. So when he comes in, could you kindly have him call me @ #. I would really like to speak to him soon or am going to have to call the medical director in the middle of the night. And we all know how pleasantly that would turn out. Don't we dear?"

And hang up the phone!!!

A minute later, the doc calls back and says "This is dr so&so. someone page me?"

She is my hero.:bowingpur

Doctors arent afraid of medical directors, what hospital do you work at???

Specializes in geri, med/surg, neuro critical care.

I would be willing to bet there isn't a single sporting goods store on the planet that would carry a cup to fit the massive set she grew that night...

Way to go! :bowingpur

Specializes in Med Surg.

Way, way, way better than what I usually say. I tell them the sooner they exhaust their street vocaulary the sooner they can go back to their much needed beauty sleep.

Specializes in LTC.

That took some guts!

I would be willing to bet there isn't a single sporting goods store on the planet that would carry a cup to fit the massive set she grew that night...

Sounds like the internal pair she had served her just fine! :lol2: What a great story. I strive to be that confident and secure!

Specializes in ER, progressive care.

Go here! This woman is amazing! I wish I had the nerve to do this to some of our docs who are "a lot less than pleasant" when we have to call them about a patient issue at 0300!

Specializes in Trauma, Emergency.

AWESOMEEEE!!!!

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