better than everyone complex cuz it says..."MD"

[RheatherN, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

so we have this md on our floor that is a notorious guy for having that "god" complex. when i was on orientation i heard him totally taking out a nurse verbally because she completely disobeyed his direct written order. on top of it, she knows his orders, has been a nurse for a long time on this floor. she also is constantly taking things off of pt's and putting things on pt's that there are not orders for. totally drives everyone nuts, cuz she is noc shift and is usually gone by the time md comes on rounds. all these nurses are "afraid" to talk to him, or call him for anything. i think its halarious. i dont care if you are an md, no offense to md's, but we are there for the patient, not for each others comfort. am i wrong? now following orders is one thing, dumb questions is another.

i went to work the other day, just got assessments done, starting to document and i get a call from my huc telling me that "dr. b" is on the phone. so i am like,, huh.. weird, i never called him, asked who would have called and no one fessed up. lol. go fig! so i asked if i could help him and whatever, he says that someone from my floor called him and asked another "stupid *** question". he mentioned the pt's name and said something about weight bearing status, i said, no- no questions, this pt is nwb on the right. he says "what does that mean to you????" in this really snotty degrading tone. so i say back to him kinda smarty like, well, nwb is nwb on his right. he asks me what that means for the left leg in the same tone, and i say well, that means he can walk, pivot get up, or heck, jump around if he wants to. lol.. thought that was pretty good. he says well yeah, " so what the heck (not really heck) is the problem?" i replied i dont have one, but i do apologize for bugging you. i dont know if it was the smarty- butt tone i took back with him, or what, but he apologized to me!!!! he said he was sorry, but he had " 13 calls from our floor for stupid you know what (if you catch my drift) all day. he apologized and told me that "you know what you are doing, i am sorry, have a good shift." and hung up. i think its halarious that md's get like this, but as soon as you stand up for yourself, they back down.

i mean geez, i am there for the pt, not to be treated like that.. really hope more ppl are sticking up for themselves, whether it be an rn; lpn; aid; or anyone else!!

tanks for reading!

-h-rn

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Sounds like this guy has some reason to get torqued. I'd be furious at the one ignoring orders.

I think he apologized because you knew your stuff and he realized he was taking out his frustrations on someone who hadn't caused them.

:)

[RheatherN, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

yeah, i am sure that was it. but he does act like this to everyone,, all the time, no matter the situ. he did have a total reason to be ticked off, just like the ohter time i heard him blow a gasket. but made me still feel good not to take grief just cuz he has MD after his name.

thanks for reading!

i can tell my fiancee til i am blue in the face, but he just dont understand like you guys do!

-H-RN

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

Some docs are jerks, and more docs who aren't jerks occassionally act like one. Still, in my short career, there have been a few times when I felt like I could start breathing again when the doctor(s) arrived, so I tend to believe they deserve my respect.

Like most nurses on my unit, I prefer to have patients from our home services--neurology and neurosurgery--in no small part because we know those docs best. Over time, you learn what they need to be paged at 0300 for and what can keep until rounds. Even with off-service patients, it gets easier to aniticipate what you may need and do a multipurpose page at a decent hour.

Of course, one always appreciates the doctors who are understanding while you are learning the ropes and respectful once you know them.

The best of them are there for the patients, which gives us a lot in common.

[hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN]

sounds like this guy has some reason to get torqued. i'd be furious at the one ignoring orders.

this.

i heard him totally taking out a nurse verbally because she completely disobeyed his direct written order. on top of it, she knows his orders, has been a nurse for a long time on this floor. she also is constantly taking things off of pt's and putting things on pt's that there are not orders for.

we are supposed to advocate for our patients and that means clarifying or holding orders on the rare occasion. routinely ignoring the orders and/or adding non-existent orders to other patients without physician oversight is dang near nursing malpractice and a violation of our scope of practice. the doc had every right to be peeved here.

[locolorenzo22, BSN, RN]

I would agree....however, that doc needs to have a talk with the supervisor about what is going on. When it comes to a doc constantly getting called, I'd be ticked off too. Docs are there to help us with patients, but I'd hope that we'd only have to call em 1-2 x a night.

Just know your stuff, and do what you can for the patients...don't worry about other peeps..