kelz88

I have spoke to/smiled at him several times and he still doesn't acknowledge me. He definitely has his favorites and makes it a point to make it known who his favorites are. I'm just simply not the type to suck up or be overly confident with doctors. What you see is what you get. I respect them ad a doctor and nothing more. Is that wrong of me?

I almost feel totally immature in saying this...but there is this one doctor I feel totally hates me, thinks I'm an idiot, never acknowledges me or respects my opinion. I have been working on an oncology floor for the past year, and the doctor I'm referring to is an oncologist of 30+ years. He speaks to and acknowledges other nurses who are less experienced than I am and are younger than me. The only reason I can think that he would not like me is because several months ago, I had a patient of his that the night shift prior to my shift did now obtain the labs he ordered for that morning...I guess I should have been a better nurse and looked to see if the labs were drawn that morning but I had not. So of course, when he gets to the floor to do his rounds, he is highly ticked and I catch the heat. I tried to explain to him that the prior nurse did not draw the labs at the appropriate time and before I could finish, he blurts "JUST GET THEM DONE..." as he nodded in disgust at me. A couple weeks after that I had another one of his patients who was totally confused and had accidentally pulled part of his PICC line apart before I had returned back into his room...the doctor had entered the room to discover this and of course it is my fault...he totally made me feel like a dumb-you-know-what. I don't know how address this situation...I don't know whether to just let it slide and go on, or try to butter up to him. I don't feel comfortable working with someone who treats me like this and I don't feel right working for someone who thinks I'm a total idiot...even though these situations were out of my control. What do you think?