Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

Published

1. That we are not their secretaries? and that they are just as able to pull up their own computer rounding list as we are?

2. That no, I CANNOT explain the risks and benefits of a surgical procedure, and NO, I do not consider it my responsibility to "remind" you to get consent on the day of the procedure. I can only witness the INFORMED consenting patient's signature.

Add your own...

Specializes in cardiac.
21. PLEASE! Do NOT tell your patients they're going to be discharged and then not write the order... or write the order for ANOTHER doctor to clear the patient for discharge. Don't let the "D" word past your lips unless and until you are actually sending the pt. home!

Do you realize that family members take a day off work to bring mom home, they drive from distant places to pick up their relative.

Do you know who will take the blow back when the patient and family find out that they are NOT actually free to leave. Of all the things I've seen pts and relatives lose their composure over, this has got to be one of the most frequent.

LOL!!!Oh...MY....GOD...... I hate it when that happens!!!LOL!!!:lol2:
Up Vote Up Vote ×
:lol2:
Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med/Surg, Telemetry, Ortho.

When I have been nice enough to arrange all the morning lab reports and place them in front of the chart- do not leave them a crumpled mess in the chart box.

If you drop the chart- please take the time to put all those papers back in to the little rings that they belong, instead of putting them in a heap and walking away.

Make sure that you sign a restraint order when you place a chest tube in a confused patient. Pretty please.

Be nice and tell the patient why you have consulted oncology. And btw it is never good to tell a patient they have cancer and walk out of the room.

:trout:

Have a clue- I do not have the Verizon network to back me up and take off orders. So don't ask me an hour after you wrote a dozen orders if I have a particular non emergent one completed yet. Chances are I don't because it is not humanly possible to get all things done at warp speed.

If a certain medication has not worked for days on relieving high blood pressure- please stop ordering it in double and triple amounts. Try something else. Please.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

If you write an illegible admit order in the ER at 11pm, don't be surprised when you get a call at 2am asking what you wrote.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
Why are we asking these questions here? Do any of these docs read this? If not, why not ask them (or tell them) directly?

FYI i did.

James, you have hit on the basic difference in communication styles (and problem solving) between men and women.

Spare me.:uhoh3:

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

The 11pm one...... :) :)

When you DO return my page, please don't tell me you don't remember what you wrote, but you think you know what you meant to write......

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med/Surg, ER and ICU!!!.

When you come in at an awkward hour just because, do NOT throw my things on the floor so you will have somewhere to put your cup of coffee. I know a great place for it to go. The doc didnt like that one. :lol2:

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU,ER.

To Consulting Docs that come to the ER:

When you see a sweaty ER nurse walking in a fast pace with an intubation tray and a vial of Succs, it may not be the best time in the world to tell her to find you a

16 fr. Coude.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ER, telemetry.

Dispose of your sharps!!! I am not a maid.

Order your own labs/tests, or give it to the secretary. I have to perform all the test/labs, give meds, any everything else you ordered!!

If you want something done STAT, tell ME STAT.

Believe me when I tell you a pt is in resp distress, extreme pain or compromised. I didn't seek you out or call you for no good reason.

It's good to laugh every now and then, even if you are a cardiac surgeon.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Please do not come in discharge your patient at 10 PM then come circumcise the baby because he has to remain with us for an hour after you do it before he can be discharged home with the mother.:angryfire

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I know that you expect me to drop whatever it is that I am doing immediately in order to make your life easier and see to your patients chart right now! What the hell makes you think that I am in any kind of position to do that? Don't you know that I have 10 other patients that are extrememly unwell? Yes, I know you aren't their doctor and you don't give a toss but I am their nurse and I have to! Do you know that if I didn't know how to prioritize properly I could hurt someone and lose my license?

I am deeply sorry for not being able to clone myself and be 100 places at once. No doctor this does not mean I am lazy and stupid and don't want to be bothered.

Unless you know all about how many other patients I have and exactly what is going on with them at that moment you don't have enough knowledge about the situation to FORM ANY KIND OF OPINION as to where I should be and when.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Psych.

When you are paged, wait for us to find the doc that paged you (ER). If you hang up, I'm just going to page your irritating a** again, and keep at it until you call back. Also, I don't care how many days you have been on call (from a neurologist). You make exactly 10 times as much as I do (translation - I would have to work for 10 years to make what you get in one). You ain't gonna get no sympathy from me.

CrazyPremed

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion