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  1. Doctors vs. Nurses

    tobra99 replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, the patient comes to the hospital for both nursing care as well as for the inpatient delivery of physician expertise/surgery. However, as a paid employee of the hospital, you deliver the...

  2. Doctors vs. Nurses

    tobra99 replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just because your lounge is 2 floor away and you have patients on multiple floors doesn't mean the beverage policy should not be applied to physicians, if the policy was put in place for a patient...

  3. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    tobra99 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can definitely see my job (neurosurgeon) needing less and less skill in the foreseeable future with the advancement of technology. We are using stereotactic navigation that literally acts as a GPS...

  4. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    tobra99 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Unfortunately, there is still a stigma that exists in the MD world that DO's represents the weaker group of physicians, although this is probably not true. I remember comments reflecting that...

  5. Dear Doctor

    tobra99 replied to lilirishblesing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I agree with all your examples. They are example of good, astute nursing care. However, I don't think nurses exclusively hold the title of the "saviors" of physicians' butts. Aside from from...

  6. Dear Doctor

    tobra99 replied to lilirishblesing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hear this a lot from the nursing community. What exactly do you mean when you say that you "saved the physician's

  7. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    tobra99 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Crap! I had typed up a long, drawn out response to this, and then my message got deleted before I could click submit. I will try to re-type it when I get some motivation

  8. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    tobra99 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think I would agree with you that medical residents would also be quick to refer to subspecialists early. Anecdotally, I have worked in hospitals where the ER is primarily run by residents, and I...

  9. Dear Doctor

    tobra99 replied to lilirishblesing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The average surgeon has 14-16 years of formal education/training after high school. Sometimes I find myself kicking myself when I look back and realize how much time and energy I have

  10. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    tobra99 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am not asserting that FNPs are over-ordering diagnostics. Instead, I am saying that they seem to under-workup cases with the appropriate diagnostics, and instead refer to a subspecialist early,...

  11. Dear Doctor

    tobra99 replied to lilirishblesing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You should go the extra mile not because the doctor appreciates you, but you should go the extra mile because its better for the patient. I am a physician. I work close to 100 hours a week. When I...

  12. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    tobra99 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Any member of any profession will start kicking and screaming when someone can do their job equally well for less cost. Imagine the factory workers whose jobs were supplanted by more efficient and...