Do you ever get called doctor?

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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.

Specializes in Cardiac, Adolescent/Child Mental Health.

I haven't been called doctor. If I'm in a room with a male coworker, though, the patient will usually call him the doctor instead of me.

Yeah, I know this is the male nursing forum. Just peeking in.

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Specializes in SICU, MICU, CICU, NeuroICU.
Yeah, I know this is the male nursing forum. Just peeking in.

Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

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Conrad.. Did you get a sniff of perfume?:coollook:

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Specializes in Psych, education.

I get called doctor when I wear my lab coat.

When I was a nursing student on my LDRP rotation, I walked into a room to check my postpartum patient. She smiled and said, "Hi doctor." When I corrected her saying that I was actually a student nurse, she completely changed and said, "Oh, I'm not comfortable with a male nurse." You have to love the dichotomy there.

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