Do you ever get called doctor?

[Conrad283, BSN, RN]

I swear, I must be called Doctor, but someone just about everyday, by patients, and even some attendings. It's actually quite irritating. That is all.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

I do. By little girls when I wear whites.

???

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I have one resident who calls me Doctor, probably because I'm the closest thing to a medical director in an assisted living community, and I've recommended a few things to him that have enhanced his life considerably. Which is funny in a way, because that's what NURSES do best.

[groovy jeff, RN]

While doing clinicals at a rehab hospital on Friday, I had a lady that wanted to file a complaint. She thought I was a policeman which was a nice switch! I am a little more mature (OK a lot more....) than most of the folks in my class and I get the Dr thing alot.

[mcknis]

Yep, been called that before, just like I have been called, "boy", "kid", "that one dude", "male nurse", and a few choice things by some confused pts (never once upset me though). Whenever asked why i became a male nurse, I always tell them that the femal nurse clothes didn't fit me too well.

[sissiesmama, ASN, RN]

My dh is a nursing supervisor at one of the major hospitals, and he gets called that almost daily. He has been there almost 20 yr. so, he has just gotten used to it. Most of the time he corrects them, but some of the llittle old (er) ladies and gentlemen, it's just easier to let them just talk, sometimes it makes them mad when he corrects them.

Anne, RNC

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

I get it frequently. I always correct it; sometimes it sticks, sometimes it doesn't.

[hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN]

Heck, I started getting called doctor the day I got skinny enough to tuck my scrub-top in. Apparently untucked scrubs are unbecoming of physicians or something?

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Heck, I started getting called doctor the day I got skinny enough to tuck my scrub-top in. Apparently untucked scrubs are unbecoming of physicians or something?

Actually, my completely unscientific observation is that a lot of nurses are fat. Very few docs are.

[hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN]

Actually, my completely unscientific observation is that a lot of nurses are fat. Very few docs are.

I agree- I see far more overweight nurses as a percentage of total nurses than I do overweight doctors as a percentage of all doctors.

It's odd, too: it's not like we're any less informed regarding the dangers of obesity. Additionally, you'd think all the running around burns a significant amount of calories. I wonder if anyone has ever worn a pedometer to test this out.

I think the reason I started being called a doctor since I tucked in my scrubs is because people can see my cellphone and pager on my hip now (I'm on the rapid response/code blue/external biohazard teams so I have a pager whenever I'm on the clock).

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

I think we're overweight a lot of the time because we don't have the time to make good food choices. It's the vending machine, unless you're disciplined enough to pack a lunch every day and then not eat it for breakfast.

Plus, my facility's typical lunch offering can easily be franks with mac & cheese.

[hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN]

I think we're overweight a lot of the time because we don't have the time to make good food choices. It's the vending machine, unless you're disciplined enough to pack a lunch every day and then not eat it for breakfast.

Plus, my facility's typical lunch offering can easily be franks with mac & cheese.

That may be true, but I don't see many fat residents-- I'd think they'd be even more limited regarding time and availability of food choices than we are.