what do nurses hate about doctors?

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Not trying to start a flamewar here or anything like that but as an incoming MS I this fall, what are some of the things that doctors do that usually ****** off a nurse? Dr's yelling about missing charts? Yelling for waking them up in the middle of the night? Give me a list so that when I become an MD, I'll be aware of these things and try to avoid them.

Specializes in Acute Care.

I wish a few of them would take a hand writing course...

Aside from that, (keeping in mind I have no desire at all to become a doc), I really wish both sides would make an effort to be more polite/tolerant/understanding of each other. I may sound a bit washy, but there is so much information that could be passed on between nurses/doctors and vice versa, if we weren't so hostile toward each other.

Hugs all around!

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I wish a few of them would take a hand writing course...

Aside from that, (keeping in mind I have no desire at all to become a doc), I really wish both sides would make an effort to be more polite/tolerant/understanding of each other. I may sound a bit washy, but there is so much information that could be passed on between nurses/doctors and vice versa, if we weren't so hostile toward each other.

Hugs all around!

I agree. There are bad docs and bad nurses. Bashing each other is not productive. Plus I thought one moderator a few days ago stated there was to be no doctor bashing on allnurses.

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Specializes in telemetry, ortho, med-surg.

Their inability to write legibly:angryfire.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

I actually feel sorry for some of them. They have horrible personal lives.

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Their inability to write legibly:angryfire.

My God so true,this is my major fear once I start working as a nurse...I even told my nurse manager that..When I was doing my clinicals for the life of me I couldnt read like 90% of doc orders let alone enter them LOL:)) But also I guess what I dislike about doctors is that some of them have bad,stuck up attitudes,they talk to nurses like we dont have any brains....and it is sad that nurses fear to call doctors in case of emergencies or to report a change in patients conditions...I think respect goes both ways,why nurses are expected to kiss doctor ass while doctors talk dirt or ignore nurses,this is just not right in my book..there is no need for this sick competition....

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Please write so that other people can read your handwriting.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

I work in LTC. I deal with doctors who don't return phone calls, write unclear orders, and won't send narc scripts (which have to be hard copies) to our pharmacy until the last possible moment, including 1 MD whose office is next door to the pharmacy!

All residents go to MD appointments with paperwork, for new orders and other things. One resident came from her MD's office with orders like "Do Y a few times a day. Do X twice a day for a few weeks." It was Friday, the office was closed, and the MD dodged our messages until the following Tuesday.

Another resident had acute abdominal pain, a cardiac history, and GERD. I called the MD's office. The office sent me to triage. I ended up in voice mail. I called 911. The resident, her family, and the MD were all very upset, but what did they expect?

I also hate illegible handwriting. Is bad handwriting taught in Med school?

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What really makes me mad is that for some reason there is a group pf doctors where I work that all do the same thing. I am reading the chart, they ask me that number, I say yeah......don't get another word out when they snatch the chart out of my hands. Its like 4 docs that do that.

Oh and I don't like when I tell a doc something and they tell me its not important. Its obviously something that is important to me which is why I am telling them. Now if its not critical just tell me why. Just say thanks for letting me know but this is not relevant because x, y and z. That way I learn something and I won't ask that question again. Don't just say not important and leave.

Hey I got to cover my butt too! (I actually said that to a doctor once. )

WOW! I seen the same thing happen in clinical to a student in my group.HE just SNATCHED the chart out her hands, and TOSSED it on the bed near her after he was done! .

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Specializes in floor to ICU.

I totally loved the comment that someone made: "Patients are nursed back to health not doctored back to health"

So true...

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Specializes in ED, Med-Surg, Psych, Oncology, Hospice.

We have one doctor who doesn't allow nurses to round with him. This severely limits my ability to my job ...advocate for the patient. I feel it is my responsibility to hear what the doctor is saying to the patient so I can help the patient with any questions they may have, etc. To me it shows a lack of respect for my position.

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