So I found a new job working with 5+ specialists in a large city hospital. I'm pretty excited and it's been one month so far. In my first week at work, I made a mistake with how I interpreted an examination finding. One of the specialists that I work with found out and (maybe he was just in a bad mood that day...ill give him the benefit of the doubt) but he got really upset that a NP such as myself got that wrong. Yelled at me. I apologized and corrected it. Next day, the other specialist found out (of course via gossip) and started questioning how I examined one of her patients in the past. Since then it seems like they question me most of time I do my examination.
I'm not a complete idiot at my work but I'm not perfect either. What bothers me the most is I made a mistake and it's now the hottest gossip in the dept and our chair is now keeping a close eye on me. So far he seems fair but I feel like I have to work extra harder just to make an impression on him so as to prove the others wrong.
Specializes in Cardiac, stroke, telemetry,Med-surgical.
In support of ACC.271.
I don't think that it is about "personal agenda". There is truth in his words. Here is one more article written 3 years ago. Is 3 years enough to bring the changes and peace between two providers, MD and NP?
Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.
Let's be real. As an rn if I have a colleague who makes a mistake that I didn't expect them to, then I'm gonna be double checking their work the next time till I feel that they're not gonna make the same mistake again. It's part of our defense mechanism to make sure that nothing bad happens again. So of course they're gonna be vigilant. Now the gossip part is not cool.
For me, it's not about whether NPs are better than MDs. What bothered me the most was because of the gossip, I never had a chance to make a good first impression on the chair (he was on vacation the first month).
I agree with TraumaRUs. It is best to take a good attitude about this and consider it as a learning opportunity. I would beg for my MDs to spend time watching me do exams. I get no attention at all. You didn't state what the mistake was that you made and what type of outcome it had, and I understand that you feel bad about the whole thing, but taking the victim approach is not going to help you here.
MDs are generally too busy to care very much about what the NPs do in the practice, much less "gossip" about it. I am sure this will pass quickly as you gain more confidence.
I guarantee that your MDs make similar mistakes; as noted before, they just let it slide for each other or be more professional with each other in addressing it.
If you do not feel valued, I would start looking elsewhere. Life is too short for that.
MDs are actually very tough on one another; there is very little "letting it slide" in medicine.
Everyone makes mistakes and those mistakes are learning opportunities. I made one early in my career (well I am sure I made many but this one was a miss on my part) and when my colleague physicians questioned me on it, I admitted it, and I asked them in their experience if they had ever made a similar err and how did they move on from it. They have all made mistakes during their training and practice and most of them likely were reamed for them.
romantic, BSN, RN
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In support of ACC.271.
I don't think that it is about "personal agenda". There is truth in his words. Here is one more article written 3 years ago. Is 3 years enough to bring the changes and peace between two providers, MD and NP?
MD vs NP: Principles for a civil online discourse
JOHN SCHUMANN, MD, ANNA REISMAN, MD, AND MATTHEW FREEMAN, DNP, MPH |PHYSICIAN | SEPTEMBER 15, 2013