Doctors come for procedures bad time

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Why is it that docs will come to the floor and want the nurses assistance at shift change. They can't say they didn't know. Its so frustrating trying to give report then the doc comes and needs the nurses assistance. the new shift can't take cause I haven't given report yet. then we are there an hour later...................AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH....sorry I needed that...thanks:banghead:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Home Health.

Ive told them to "hold on, once I finish report Ill be right there". They eventually got the point when they had to wait.

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Specializes in ICU.

Not quite the same, but I had my butt chewed by a doctor at 7:05 because I didn't know what my patient's INR was. I hadn't even gotten report yet! I told him that and he said that since I was the nurse, I had a responsibility to know. He kept saying, "you are the nurse correct? your name is on the board." He told me I needed to go look up the labs for him and I told him to do it his own darn self. Big poophead.

You know what else steams me? When the doctor is doing a procedure at shift change, the nurse that is leaving is in there and the nurse that is coming on refuses to come in and take over because the first nurse started it. I mean, come on. Help each other out a little. Nobody should have to stay an extra half-hour just because the doctor has bad timing.

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Sorry, they know when shift change is. Another sign of disrespect towards nurses IMO.

I don't care what line of work one is in, when someone drops a load on you right before your due to leave that needs to be done before you go, it clearly indicates a lack of respect towards you and your life outside of the work place.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

One of our attendings always does rounds between 6pm and 7pm, and he writes an entire page of essentially nonsense orders every time. Sometimes the orders he writes are things we already had a verbatim order for from earlier, and sometimes all he does is tweak the VS parameters. But he HAS to write something. It's quite annoying and I get revved up just seeing his name on the board for night coverage.

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Specializes in Emergency.

OMG!!!

So very true!!!

Drives me NUTS!!!

I get the "Your name is on the board..." speech all the time, because our AA's are proactive, and do the board ahead of time.

Also, I HATE when the docs keep coming to you for stuff when they can CLEARLY see how busy you are, and it's stuff they have the ability to do themselves (like look up labs).

Tonight I had 6 patients, with issues on three of them. I had gotten a direct admit (I HATE direct admits!!!!), and the doc wanted me to drop everything to cater to him...He spent at least two hours on the unit for this one patient, and kept interrupting me, even when I was in another patients room for stuff he wanted done. I was already in a bad mood because I had worked 6 days in a row, and I felt like he thought I was his personal servant! I considered homicide very seriously. The final straw was when I told the doc that his accucheck was 56, and he actually asked me if I had given him insulin! I looked right at him and said "No, but if you would like me to , I will, and then I can call and talk to you at 0300when the pts blood sugar is 19."

He got the hint, and left me alone.

Amy

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Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

I hear ya....we have one doctor who was putting on call lights at 5:05 for nurses for his patients because he wanted the nurse! Well, shift change is happening, the CNAs answer lights, and you're gonna have to wait! He once showed up at 5:15 in the morning, and acted suprised when nobody was going to round with him when somebody else was CODING!

It's times like that I don't mind calling a doc at 0300....:p

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Specializes in LTC/Rehab,Med/Surg, OB/GYN, Ortho, Neuro.

OOOOh, and when you're there late and mgmt is down your neck wondering why, and you tell them because the doc had you there late, all of a sudden it becomes ok. But the day that you stay late to finish up charting because 1) you had 3 admits and 2 discharges 2) pt decided to code (even though you told them not to) and it lasted for over 2 hrs 3) other unstable pt needed to have CT scan done and had to be escorted by the nurse, then the darn thing messes up, so you're down there for another 2hrs.... but this is not acceptable for overtime "you need to manage your time better, jnrsmommy" WTH :banghead:

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