Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

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I'm very curious. I'm sure we've all been there. We've dealt with doctors from all spectrum and mindsets. Most are very good at their jobs and have sound ideas!

But sometimes docs just say and do the craziest things

My example: at my last LTC facility I had one doctor seriously outright refuse/fight giving and prescribing pain meds (for patients who really, really needed it/were on vents/dying) because he honestly believed that these residents who had been stuck in a bed for years were going to get better and go out to buy/smoke crack cocaine.

According to him "prescribing narcotics leads to methadone and crack usage." These poor residents have been here for years taking the same medications and pain meds for years...just WHAT?

What kinda crazy stuff has your doctor done?

Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

I had a doc put stoke orders on a pt with hand swelling just yesterday. I asked if he really wanted me to do a swallow screen or could we just get hand X-rays and an ultrasound. He argued with me, realized he hadn't signed the orders the pt was meant to have....and deleted the head ct, and swallow screen orders. :p

There was a doc at my old job who was a total butthole who would always say stupid things. I was a new nurse working at the local jail and had been there for about a month. Anyway, shortly after my shift started, the phones went down. I was the only nurse in the building. In the wee hours of the morning, an inmate was brought in with rapid breathing, involuntary movements, drenched in sweat, and freaking out. The guy had no medical problems and wasn't on any medications. He denied everything when I asked questions, so I did an assessment and decided to call the doc. That's when I remembered that the phones were down. I did the only thing I could think of and told the deputy to stay with the guy while I went to my car to use my cell phone.

I went to my car that was parked almost two blocks away, and called the doc and explained the situation. I honestly had no idea what else to do. Instead of giving appropriate orders about what to do next, Dr. A-hole says, "Where are you calling from? I don't recognize this number." I tell him it's my cell phone because the phones are down. He then proceeds to tell me cell phones are not allowed in the jail and that I could face serious consequences for bringing one in. I tell him I'm sitting in my car and I really need him to do his job so I can get back to the patient. He continues on about bringing in cell phones and says he's going to have a serious discussion about this with the medical staff. As he's going on being a total idiot, I start walking back and decide to just tell the Watch Commander that I have my phone in the building. He's cool with it. Dr. A-hole finally says, "Do an EKG and call me back." I respond, "Yeah, bro. Whatever." As I'm doing the EKG, my co-worker happened to come to my building. He sees that I'm nervous and pissed off, so I explain what's going on. He calls the doc back and says, "I've seen this before. He has EPS. I'm guessing he took someone's psych meds. Blue didn't know because she's never seen this. Can I get an order for some Benadryl?" Dr. A-hole gave the order for Benadryl, then again started *****ing about cell phones until co-worker just hung up. Gave the guy some IM Benadryl, all turned out OK, and he finally admitted to taking someone's psych meds.

Another time I called him, a lady was in labor. She said she had been for quite some time, but didn't tell anyone. By the time she was brought to me, she was feeling a strong urge to push. I called Dr. A-hole, and the first thing he said was, "How long has she been in jail? What's she in for?" I lost it and said "Look, this lady is in labor. She's feeling the urge to push. Her contractions are very close. Just give the order to transport her to the hospital!" His response: "Oh. Um, call an ambulance and get her out now unless you want her to have that baby in jail." What a flippin' idiot.

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
There was a doc at my old job who was a total butthole who would always say stupid things. I was a new nurse working at the local jail and had been there for about a month. Anyway, shortly after my shift started, the phones went down. I was the only nurse in the building. In the wee hours of the morning, an inmate was brought in with rapid breathing, involuntary movements, drenched in sweat, and freaking out. The guy had no medical problems and wasn't on any medications. He denied everything when I asked questions, so I did an assessment and decided to call the doc. That's when I remembered that the phones were down. I did the only thing I could think of and told the deputy to stay with the guy while I went to my car to use my cell phone.

I went to my car that was parked almost two blocks away, and called the doc and explained the situation. I honestly had no idea what else to do. Instead of giving appropriate orders about what to do next, Dr. A-hole says, "Where are you calling from? I don't recognize this number." I tell him it's my cell phone because the phones are down. He then proceeds to tell me cell phones are not allowed in the jail and that I could face serious consequences for bringing one in. I tell him I'm sitting in my car and I really need him to do his job so I can get back to the patient. He continues on about bringing in cell phones and says he's going to have a serious discussion about this with the medical staff. As he's going on being a total idiot, I start walking back and decide to just tell the Watch Commander that I have my phone in the building. He's cool with it. Dr. A-hole finally says, "Do an EKG and call me back." I respond, "Yeah, bro. Whatever." As I'm doing the EKG, my co-worker happened to come to my building. He sees that I'm nervous and pissed off, so I explain what's going on. He calls the doc back and says, "I've seen this before. He has EPS. I'm guessing he took someone's psych meds. Blue didn't know because she's never seen this. Can I get an order for some Benadryl?" Dr. A-hole gave the order for Benadryl, then again started *****ing about cell phones until co-worker just hung up. Gave the guy some IM Benadryl, all turned out OK, and he finally admitted to taking someone's psych meds.

Another time I called him, a lady was in labor. She said she had been for quite some time, but didn't tell anyone. By the time she was brought to me, she was feeling a strong urge to push. I called Dr. A-hole, and the first thing he said was, "How long has she been in jail? What's she in for?" I lost it and said "Look, this lady is in labor. She's feeling the urge to push. Her contractions are very close. Just give the order to transport her to the hospital!" His response: "Oh. Um, call an ambulance and get her out now unless you want her to have that baby in jail." What a flippin' idiot.

Is he a real doctor? If he is, I wonder why he still has a license and is still practicing medicine.

Holy crap how u didn't pick that chart up and smash it over his head that is crazy!

I was in a Level 1 trauma, in a Level 2 facility, when this completely arrogant SOB pulmonologist and I got into a screaming match over something I don't remember what but I do know I questioned something he told me to do anyway he flipped and threw an IV pole at me. When it was done I politely in a loud voice told him he would be walking with a pole up his butt, cleaned it up as actual words were not PG lol, I somehow became his favorite nurse and he would only talk to me to give orders. I still laugh.

Did we ever work together? (Just kidding!)

I recently had a doc tell me his female patient couldn't be pregnant because she told him she'd never had sex! I'm NOT an L&D Nurse, but I can recognize labor when I see the baby crowning (she had me help her undress for him to check her bleeding & "odd odor" from the period area). Some GP.....am still ready to ring the receptionist neck! Doc let's her take complaint & do weight, vitals, & she asked doc what to do for him while I was roaming someone else.

Specializes in Neurology.

How do you physically tell someone something?

How do you physically tell someone something?

1) deep breath

2) part lips half way

3)part teeth approximately same distance as lips

4) place tongue lightly behind lower front teeth

5) say words. In your case, say "something".

6) close teeth

7) close lips

I was in a Level 1 trauma, in a Level 2 facility, when this completely arrogant SOB pulmonologist and I got into a screaming match over something I don't remember what but I do know I questioned something he told me to do anyway he flipped and threw an IV pole at me. When it was done I politely in a loud voice told him he would be walking with a pole up his butt, cleaned it up as actual words were not PG lol, I somehow became his favorite nurse and he would only talk to me to give orders. I still laugh.

He's lucky. A whole lot of nurses would have called security on him or worse.

Recently had a pt with a low potassium. Paged the MD expecting him to enter an order to replete it. Instead, I get a phone call from him asking me what a normal potassium level is. :barf02: I told him and he told me how much K to order. Then I had to enter the order. :unsure: I gave the pt the K as ordered, so I suppose it's all good. Just the same, I'd never worked with this physician before, and I am not impressed with him. At all.

Is why I'm thankful we had a potassium & magnesium protocol if their creatinine was under a certain level. Covered just about everyone but dialysis patients

I work at a hospital with a lot of residents who probably need more supervision. I had a patient with a BP of 195/100 or something close to that. The admitting diagnosis was Hypertensive Crisis. The patient was prescribed 6.25 of coreg bid. This didn't touch the blood pressure of course. I called the resident and asked for a prn and if he wanted to up the dosage of coreg or add a second med. He didn't change the coreg, he wrote an order for NS at 100/hr, and gave me prn hydralazine for a bp of 215/110. Um, what?!

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