Well, I am a doctor

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

Had a patient tonight who is aspirating his tube feed. His wife is FURIOUS that I would not give him 2 cans. I told her, he has a temp of 101.7, lungs are full, skin pale and clammy, he has aspiration pneumonia, I am sure of it. Sorry, cannot and will NOT give him two more cans of tube feed, he simply cannot tolerate it any longer. An hour later, his daughter from England (in the service) called and attempted to ream me out. When she found I wasn't going to back down, she threw out the "Well, I am a doctor" card. I replied, "Ma'am, I am well aware your a dentist. However I am still unclear as to how that affects this situation." She hung up on me:banghead:

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Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.
Had a patient tonight who is aspirating his tube feed. His wife is FURIOUS that I would not give him 2 cans. I told her, he has a temp of 101.7, lungs are full, skin pale and clammy, he has aspiration pneumonia, I am sure of it. Sorry, cannot and will NOT give him two more cans of tube feed, he simply cannot tolerate it any longer. An hour later, his daughter from England (in the service) called and attempted to ream me out. When she found I wasn't going to back down, she threw out the "Well, I am a doctor" card. I replied, "Ma'am, I am well aware your a dentist. However I am still unclear as to how that affects this situation." She hung up on me:banghead:

Hey - well good for you!! I am proud for you because I absolutely HATE it when people do this! I one time had a patient's family member that did that to me but they were a doctorate of history, a college prof. at a local university. She was one of my old teachers when I started taking prereqs and I remembered her. The nerve of some people! Just drives you nuts.:banghead: I hope I would not try to pull that kind of c___ if the tables were turned.

Anne, RNC

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Specializes in geratrics, orthopedy, anesthesia.

Well, Im a Doctor too :) Realy, I have Diploma of physician, but now Im RN, BA of Nursing.

Do you think that we, RNs, have lower respectable education than physicians? I don't. Medicine and Nursing are different sciences and Nurse and Doctor are specialists on the another field, that is all.

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Specializes in Jack of all trades, and still learning.
When she found I wasn't going to back down, she threw out the "Well, I am a doctor" card. I replied, "Ma'am, I am well aware your a dentist. However I am still unclear as to how that affects this situation." She hung up on me:banghead:

Good for you! If she was a 'doctor'/dentist whatever, then she should have grasped the importance of the situation. Hope she rang up the patients doctor next and that he/she gave her a good talking to! Hope your patient was ok!

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Specializes in ICU.

now that's a dentist i would never visit :no:

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You score an A for patient advocacy. You also score extra credit for the very polite and clever response.

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This happened to me once, very early in my career. I had an ER pt who was anxious and the man who stood at her bedside said he was a doctor and wanted me to give her some Valium. I was so brand new I wasn't sure what to do but I did know I only take orders from the doc I work with, so I went to the ER doc and told him. He gave me a funny look and went into the pt's room. A few minutes later he came out looking disgusted. The guy was the pt's dentist!!

Even if this silly twit were an MD, what made her think she could give orders on a patient not her own???

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HA!

Idiots.

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good job, shay.:)

that dr. scares me.

wet lungs, temp and couldn't pick up asp pneumonia?

dang.

leslie

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery.
Had a patient tonight who is aspirating his tube feed. His wife is FURIOUS that I would not give him 2 cans. I told her, he has a temp of 101.7, lungs are full, skin pale and clammy, he has aspiration pneumonia, I am sure of it. Sorry, cannot and will NOT give him two more cans of tube feed, he simply cannot tolerate it any longer. An hour later, his daughter from England (in the service) called and attempted to ream me out. When she found I wasn't going to back down, she threw out the "Well, I am a doctor" card. I replied, "Ma'am, I am well aware your a dentist. However I am still unclear as to how that affects this situation." She hung up on me:banghead:

This post has really made me laugh, I used to teach Dentist's in the UK as they were part of our teaching hospital. Taught them emergency care and first aid.

Let's just say I am not surprised, there were a few that were great but I had such a hard time from the majority of them because I, a nurse dared to try to teach them Dental Surgeons anything.

Not sure what your dentists are like but they are a law unto themselves here. :D :D :D :D

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Specializes in floor to ICU.

I have taken ACLS with a few dentists. Some are scary.

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I have taken ACLS with a few dentists. Some are scary.

let me preface this post by stating my 18yo dtr is an avid reader.

when i brought her to my dentist last year, tiff studied his face and name, then asked, "did you write a book around 30 yrs ago?"

dr. p looked at her and said "why, yes i did young lady".

tiffany blurts out, "DO YOU STILL DO MUSHROOMS????":rotfl:

evidentally he mumbled something incoherent and started the drill.

*snort*

leslie

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