TiredMD

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1. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

   TiredMD replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral

   I'm trying to mislead people by telling you what I took in medical school? Amusing. Believe it or not, we do have a few prereqs we do before we go to med school. And the fact that a few courses have titles that sound similar to traditional undergradu...

2. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

   TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

   Thank you. There's a definite undertone here that anyone who doesn't buy into the new-age "everybody should just hug and be happy" mindset is either trolling or some kind of hideous person. The real kicker for me in this thread was the notion that yo...

3. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

   TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

   Don't do it too often, but off the top of my head: 1) Patient acutely decompensating, I asked for critical piece of equipment (pericardiocentesis needle, ET tube, etc) that is not in the room. The quality nurses and techs are busting their behinds to...

4. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

   TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

   Again, let me encourage you to take this cop mentality to the hospitals, and attempt to get one of your physicians arrested for raising their voice. You'd be famous in the hospital for years to come, even if your employment was short-lived . . .

5. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

   TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

   I absolutely do.

6. quick vallium question

   TiredMD replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry, bronchitis isn't real anyway.

7. PDR.net does not recognize RNs as medical professionals

   TiredMD replied to jenny456's topic in General Nursing

   Never even opened the stupid thing. When I need administration information, I use Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses. When I need info on adverse effects, dosing, and interactions, I prefer to use sources not published by the manufacturer. I really don't t...

8. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

   TiredMD replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral

   How can you tell the difference when everyone wears a long white coat and no one wears a nametag? But I digress . . . Under LCME, ethics training is mandatory for medical schools. The actual form and structure of the courseis left to the discretion o...

9. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

   TiredMD replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral

   Actually, they're not. I had one seminar on ethics, once a week for four weeks. Everyone is presumed to have learned statistics as an undergraduate, along with the other basics like biochemistry, cellular biology, and basic writing. Management isn't ...

10. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

    Whoa, don't think I'm equating yelling with threatening. Threatening is clearly out of order and obviously criminal.

11. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

    That's kind of interesting, and I meant to ask you about it. I would have thought it would be opposite; that men would get yelled more than women, given the sensitivity to sexual harassment lawsuits. FWIW, I work in an all-male environment, so there...

12. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    TiredMD replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

    Once the OP clarified that this physician was on-call, obviously the yelling was inappropriate. Hell, the anger at being called was inappropriate. But I continue to insist that not only is yelling not a particularly big deal, but it can also be incre...

13. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    TiredMD replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    I love it!

14. quick vallium question

    TiredMD replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    Not too sure why so many of these narcs are available as stand-alone products. There is that "synergy" theory that NSAIDs/tylenol in combination with narcs complement each other to provide superior pain relief. And certainly, other than the overdose ...

15. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    TiredMD replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you 100%. In fact, I'll go a step further and say that many, if not most, chronic back pain patients should see Pain before they get sent to a surgeon. We are doing so many questionable lumbar lamis and decompressions, and so many recent pa...