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I had to call dr tonight. And I was calling him about a few residents who weren't even his and i was needing scripts called to pharm. He was so sweet and very understanding and he could tell I was having a bad night and was being very flirty. He kept saying "you don't sound happy, why arn't you happy ? I just want you to be a happy nurse at your job " he was saying this in this fake corny english accent and i started laughing and he said "now why are you laughing ?" I told him he was making me laugh. I was trying to be real nice and professional. wasn't trying to sound frustrated. even though I was. all I kept thinking was I need these med and he's really flirting with me ?? Kinda made me feel better. Cause the one Dr (who is the normal dr for these residents) is a real butt. Rude and condesending and whenever you call about one of his residents his usual response is 'what do you want me to do about it??" which makes me want to say "well you are the dr, you tell me what you want to do" But I don't. I usually just say "I'm just letting you know in case you want to order something"...to which he usually says no. So having to deal with the other doctor was very nice and uplifting. Needless to say I have never even laid eyes on this doc. Just talked to him on the phone every week. sometimes the docs can be very understanding on just how hard us nurses have it. and that I appreciate.

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Cause the one Dr (who is the normal dr for these residents) is a real butt. Rude and condesending and whenever you call about one of his residents his usual response is 'what do you want me to do about it??"

*** I don't work in LTC but I try to always be ready for this question. Any provider who says that to me will immediatly get a detailed list of exactly what I want them to do about the problem in question. You might be amazed how often you get exactly what you ask for.

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First off, you forgot to tell us if the on call MD is goodlooking, and single? We need more information before we can advise you on the situation.

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*** I don't work in LTC but I try to always be ready for this question. Any provider who says that to me will immediatly get a detailed list of exactly what I want them to do about the problem in question. You might be amazed how often you get exactly what you ask for.

I never call unless I have a suggestion. If I can't think of anything I ask the other nurse on duty.

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First off you forgot to tell us if the on call MD is goodlooking, and single? We need more information before we can advise you on the situation.[/quote']

He didn't even really need to be single!

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I never call unless I have a suggestion. If I can't think of anything I ask the other nurse on duty.

Sometimes I don't have a suggestion. Sometimes I simply need to update the physician on the patient's condition, for any number of reasons. In those cases I say something along the lines of, "I needed to let you know about XYZ." and usually they are fine with the lack of suggestion. The one or two who aren't, I will say again, "This is a change/ a concern/ whatever and it is my job to make sure you know that, and so I've called you."

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First off, you forgot to tell us if the on call MD is goodlooking, and single? We need more information before we can advise you on the situation.

i don't know, i havent seen him. he does his rounds in the morning and i work evenings so i dont know to much about him, but since i'm married, i'm not really interested, but it was flattering, i ve been married for 15 yrs and its nice to be flirted with,

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Sometimes I don't have a suggestion. Sometimes I simply need to update the physician on the patient's condition, for any number of reasons. In those cases I say something along the lines of, "I needed to let you know about XYZ." and usually they are fine with the lack of suggestion. The one or two who aren't, I will say again, "This is a change/ a concern/ whatever and it is my job to make sure you know that, and so I've called you."

Well that is true I suppose but I always try to have a suggestion either, like " well Xs legs are like this what do you think? Do you want a new treatment for them?"

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Well that is true I suppose but I always try to have a suggestion either, like " well Xs legs are like this what do you think? Do you want a new treatment for them?"

Well yes, generally I do too, but sometimes there really isn't anything to suggest. An example -- a patient admitted for TIA, whose symptoms had resolved in ER, already ordered a repeat head CT for the morning, has another major TIA around 0300. It was resolving, slowly, and he wasn't going to get his CT any faster because of it, but it's still something I had to inform the doctor about even though there really wasn't anything to suggest.

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He didn't even really need to be single!

RIGHT answer!

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i don't know, i havent seen him. he does his rounds in the morning and i work evenings so i dont know to much about him, but since i'm married, i'm not really interested, but it was flattering, i ve been married for 15 yrs and its nice to be flirted with,

Everybody likes to be appreciated....

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I once did finally lose it. The medical director, SNF, a real *****. Obnoxious, foul, and 'incompetent'. If you called this ***** a second after 5PM, he would cuss you out, insult you, and spend 5 minutes on a psychotic rant about 'calling me at all hours of the day and night', ad naseum. Couldn't stand him, and I made that clear. He made me want to vomit, not to mention he fancied himself quite the stud. Ick. Got a patient on Friday, came in the door at 5:05PM. Called this ***** for admit orders. In the middle of his rant, I told him "Either you are, or are not the doctor for this patient. Either you will, or will not give me admit orders- and if not? You need to RESIGN. I'm sick of you, every OTHER nurse is sick of you, and most of your patients DESPISE your arrogance. Now that I told you that- you can either give me orders, or not- and come what may, I do not need to work here. When I hang up, I'm going to the DON, to tell her what I just said to you- trust me, I'm not intimidated by you whatsoever. No more of this, period". He gave me the orders and slammed the phone down. I told the DON what happened. Nothing came of it- and his attitude changed BIG time.

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