I am an ER nurse and once was asked if I ever took an assertiveness course, I asked if I needed one. " No" was the answer; my point is that there should be no problem letting this so called professional know that you will not tolerate being threatened and that you meant ...... Then go on to explain what you originally for. *** I would always inform the night supervisor. *** I have also asked a doc basically the same thing and got yelled at but I just laughed and said of course you do and what I meant was..... Doctors are just people and should get the respect that earn.