M.Price

As with any profession, the degree to which respect is afforded nurses varies with the staff and the physician. I work on a med-surg unit and we have many doctors who honestly want our opinions and suggestions on the care and potential outcome of our patients; they know we are their eyes, ears, and hands while they are away. Unfortunately, there are other docs who behave as if the orders that are completed and carried out for them have been done by magical fairies and that the nurses on the floor are invisible, or worse yet, the nurses are there as their own personal venting boards.