when crazy family member is also a nurse

[rnto?]

What do you do when family members introduce themselves as a nurse and say things that are just plain wrong? (from a medical information perspective) How do you educate someone who thinks they already know everything because they too are a nurse?

[rnto?]

I've dealt with my fair share of nurses as family members. I don't treat them differently than other family members, and I agree that there are alot of factors that go into how nurses (or any family members) act in a given situation. I try to be very understanding. As for the inspiration for my original post, this nurse turned out not to be a family member, was actually just a nurse who had taken care of the patient at the hospital we had transferred her from. She was becoming very aggressive, demanding information that would have been a HIPAA violation to give her, and didn't even know the patient's last name, but said she was there to be the "advocate". She was demanding that I call the physician about off the wall things. My boss ended up calling her boss about the inappropriateness of her behavior. *vindication*

When people question me, I have a tendency to doubt myself, which I shouldn't do. Or maybe I should.

[rnto?]

So, I'm pretty sure this nurse was crazy!

(I'm a little crazy myself. Maybe one of my coworkers is somewhere posting about me!)

[Chaya, ASN, RN]

If they are just sounding off I smile and nod...if they are questioning why I need to follow hospital policy, f'rinstance, what it comes down to is that since I am the one on duty assigned to their family member, it is MY license that is on the line here.

[talaxandra]

Yeah, rnto? - while I appreciate having an interest in some patients that's a little more invested than most, that's a little NQR right there!

[ShayRN]

that's a little NQR right there!

I am sorry, ya lost me on that one. NQR?

[talaxandra]

Sorry, Aussie idioms sometimes slip in! That'd be Not Quite Right :)