Doc rage

bestblondRN · Jun 11, 2002

Originally posted by bestblondRN
I guess what I wonder after reading all of this is how anyone could live with themselves and sleep at night after denying pain meds, antipyretics and the like. I know not every hospital has them, but I have often used our physician ethicist and even our risk management department to intervene when patient rights are being violated, and that is exactly what many of you have described in this thread. If you have them in your hospital, use them to help when you can't get what you need for your patient and/or their rights are being violated.

Of course I mean after going up the established chain of command......

deespoohbear · Jun 12, 2002

Our family doc is great also! He takes care of all 5 of us. A couple of years ago, my son fell and chipped some bone in his elbow. We took him into the ER (it was like 8pm) and then took him to an orthopod few days later. Never seen our family doc about my son's elbow. About a week or so after my son chipped his elbow, one of the nurse's from our family doc's office called to check up on my son. Said the doctor wanted to know if we needed anything. I was impressed. Our family doc will still stich up kids in the office 15 minutes before closing. (Done that once or twice!) We also have a couple young family docs who have been in practice for about 5 years who are wonderful also.

Then, we have the arrogant, know it all surgeon. I was having some social problems with this guy's 18 year old pt. Lots of weird family dynamics and all. The kid was really stressing. I told Dr. God about it, and his comment to me was"If it doesn't involve a knife or scapel, I don't want to hear about it." I could have come across the nurses' station and slapped him! :devil: Still am not speaking to him except for the bare minium I need to relay info about his patients. Plus, this guy is a butcher. Has nicked several bowels, perfed a couple during scopes and writes really STUPID orders at times. He came here from out of state. I think the hospital board should have checked his records a little closer.

Zee_RN, BSN, RN · Jun 12, 2002

I know what you mean, deespoohbear. I had a patient in ICU, early 50s who came to the ER with chest pain and arrested there. They shocked her three times and she was very successfully revived. Old, old should-have-retired 10 years ago cardiologist comes in to see her. I came over to him and started to give him her story and her labs and her vitals and he said "Now what good will that all do me?! I'm not interested!" I put down her clip board and walked away. I have never voluntarily spoken with this man again. This was a young woman who needed sent out for a cardiac cath right away and it got delayed for 2 days because this guy was on call and the only orders he writes are for the Triple E's: Enzymes, Echo and EKG in the morning. He is also well known for cursing at nurses, using every foul word in the book. Can't stand him. I let the charge nurse deal with him now.

deespoohbear · Jun 12, 2002

I do not tolerate doctors cursing at me. I will very politely tell them "I am not talking to you that way, and would appreciate it if you would give me the same." If it continues, I would just walk away and notify management on call. I am not paid to take verbal abuse by anyone: doctors, fellow nurses, patients, and the least of all the FAMILIES. I have had all I plan to take. I don't treat other people like they are scum on the bottom of my shoe and I expect the same in return. We are very fortunate at our hospital that we work with basically the same 10 or so doctors and for the most part have a good rapport with them. Except for the above mentioned surgeon in my first post. He is a jacka**. Period. I heard one of the family docs the other day tell the 1st year med student that is following him "Be nice to the nurses, and they will help you a lot. If your not nice to the nurses, they can make you miserable." I had to chuckle.

sleepqd · Jun 15, 2002

We have a couple of docs who like to biopsy walletts. Thats why I go to a PA: really cares about his folks, never fails to ask me about other members of family.

MD horror story- Had a pt, fresh postop EGD who we knew had a active bleeder in stomach, partially clotted. We are a small rural hosp., so we were urging doc to put wheels under him. We had an order to transfuse PRBCs as fast as they would run. I was pumping in blood approx. 1 unit/30mins. This was keeping BP @ "I can live with it" level. We were waiting for critical care transport. Then this looney woman says to cancel CCT, his BP is OK, we'll keep him here! At this point, I got up in her face and told her(loudly) we didn't have the staff to give him the care he needed( 2 RNs and 10 other pt.s). Then she tried to say the pt. refused transfer. The Adm. Sup and I went in room with pt. and family. What he said was he didn't want to go but would if that what was best. We talked to family and they pushed for transfer. Finally got him out to larger facility. Sadly, he died later on that night. They were doing another EGD and knocked "scab" off bleeder and he bled out on OR table. That women will never touch my family if I can help it!! :(