He/She Said What!?

[BritBSNRN]

We (nurses) tend to think we ARE the best profession.

However, other healthcare professions don't always think like we do.

Once, I had overhead a physician tell another nurse,

"I can train monkey's to do what you do."

Can I say Ouch! Not cool....

Leading to my question: What is the meanest insult you have heard a healthcare professional say to another professional or about another professional?

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Not feeling the answer to your question.

Hung up on my response to the monkey statement. Shoulda . coulda, woulda said.... not my circus, not a monkey. Do it yourself , jerk.

[mirandaaa]

I still think one of the worst ones is having an RN saying that an LPN "isn't a nurse".

[Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN]

I had a doctor say to me once, "What is an LPN? Is that like, an aide?"

[Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN]

Not feeling the answer to your question.

Hung up on my response to the monkey statement. Shoulda . coulda, woulda said.... not my circus, not a monkey. Do it yourself , jerk.

Awesome comeback, can I steal this?!

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Awesome comeback, can I steal this?!

Feel free! Might want to leave out the "jerk"part in real life.

[BritBSNRN]

I had a doctor say to me once, "What is an LPN? Is that like, an aide?"

It's sad to me that not all members of the healthcare team understand the general roles of the other members.

[SleeepyRN]

Not feeling the answer to your question.

Hung up on my response to the monkey statement. Shoulda . coulda, woulda said.... not my circus, not a monkey. Do it yourself , jerk.

Yep. It's not the doctor's assessment of the patient that leads to his/her dx of pneumonia and thus put on ABT and then recover. It was MINE. Try training a monkey to assess when your pt just isn't seeming right and what data to gather...O2 sats, RR, lung sound auscultation. Yeah, anyone with minimal training can gather some v/s, but I'M the nurse that knows WHAT to assess.

[SleeepyRN]

The most insulting thing for me is at my PRN job, the doctor does not trust me to do intradermal allergy testing. I'm like..."I LEARNED HOW TO GIVE INTRADERMAL INJECTIONS 6 YEARS AGO!!!!" I've worked for him for 1.5 years. He ONLY let's me give sub q allergy shots. Ridiculous, infuriating and down right insulting.

[IsabelK]

From a physician where I used to work: "Nurse practitioners should only be doing what the doctor wants them to--they're just nurses with prescription pads."

Um....let's say that I quit.

[PghRN15]

I agree with you Mirandaaa

[Lulu Belle, RN, EMT-B]

I still think one of the worst ones is having an RN saying that an LPN "isn't a nurse".

Or, even better, a "'Let's Pretend' Nurse" (heard this from a med student/paramedic).