I was at a Walgreens pharmacy waiting with my mom for her scripts to be filled. An elderly woman, wearing a pink ball cap and sparce, thinned gray hair approached the counter. I could hear her conversation without even trying to listen. She asked the pharmacist what she should cleanse a small cut with. The pharmacist told her to use saline and pointed to were it was so she could buy some.
As she passed me, I did not know the pharmacist was making his way behind her, I politely said, "ma'am, I wasn't trying to ease drop, but you can just use soap and water and save some money, I'm a Nurse."
The pharmacist came right up behind me, moved in front of my face and said, "I don't think she asked you, she asked me" as he swayed that neck left to right.
Well, I was pissed at how rude he was, I went and talked to the manager, then went back to the counter to pick up scripts.
He came to the register and stood behind the cashier and said, "Just so you know, I have a PhD, and I know more you do" My jaw dropped and told him his PhD sure didn't teach him how to treat others. He kept arguing with me and mom. Finally, I had to walk away after he told me, "My name is Dr. Peebles " after telling him I was going to contact coporate and file a complaint.
Uggg, I know I was sticking my nose out but he didn't have to act so hateful
I'm still not sure where in that algorithm you feel it says that
Does the OP meet this criteria: 7. Does the nurse have the ability/resources to respond to complications in such a way that patient safety and quality of care are assured?
Did the patient appropriately assessed? What was the diagnosis? Who made the diagnosis?
Clearly you haven't read any of my responses. I asked no questions in my original post. I did not post this for kuddos. In fact, the opposite. I shared this so I could get feedback and confirm how I already felt after this happened.
Where did I say anything to " bring down othere"?
There is no reason to be rude. You have no idea how thick my skin is because you don't know me or what I've been through.
I'll AGAIN thank all of those who have offered sound constructive feedback in a non-demeaning manner.
Well you pretty much made my point about needing to grow a thicker skin.
Bottom line is you stuck your nose in where it didn't belong and came here in the hopes of having your hurt feelings soothed which didn't happen.
You're not the first person to come here in hopes of rallying the troops to your way of thinking and you won't be the last. The conservation was none of your business.
And your attitude towards the pharmacist and wanting to report him for what you call being rude to you is reprehensible. How would you feel if some patient's friend or family member gave them advice which contradicted yours because they too are also in the healthcare business and think nothing of giving unsolicited advice like you did? You wouldn't like it and I can guarantee you would have been upset too.
And if you want to go to the demeaning area, what you did was demeaning to that Pharmacist. But I guess someone who is so full of themselves can't see that.
Does the OP meet this criteria: 7. Does the nurse have the ability/resources to respond to complications in such a way that patient safety and quality of care are assured?
Sharing proper wound care practices is unlikely to put the patient into cardiac arrest, but if it were then yes, the nurse should be prepared to do CPR.
Did the patient appropriately assessed? What was the diagnosis? Who made the diagnosis?
Nursing assessment and diagnosis is not dependent on a medical diagnosis, I think you're confusing the ability to diagnose for billing purposes with the ability to recognize and implement nursing interventions.
Sharing proper wound care practices is unlikely to put the patient into cardiac arrest, but if it were then yes, the nurse should be prepared to do CPR.
Nursing assessment and diagnosis is not dependent on a medical diagnosis, I think you're confusing the ability to diagnose for billing purposes with the ability to recognize and implement nursing interventions.
Is cardiac arrest really the first complication that comes to your mind? If the LOL did have a cardiac arrest after apply the water to the wound, would the nurse have been there?
I am not confusing anything. In this case there was no nursing assessment done. What nursing diagnosis was made? What was that diagnosis based on?
On another note, the winter olympics will be held in Hell the day I address a pharmacist as "Doctor."
He has a doctorate in pharmacy, the entry level now required to become a pharmacist. He deserves to be called "Dr." Why you would make such a comment is astounding to me.
Nah....a pharmacist has no business being called doctor. The conventional understanding of the term "doctor" in ordinary day to day use in any patient care milieu is a medical doctor having successfully completed medical school. Anything else is a cause for confusion and requires a clarification, especially these days where free standing medical clinics in retail store complexes are ubiquitous.
Unless the pharmacist explicitly clarifies that he received a "doctorate" in pharmaceutical science and is not a medical doctor, he is misrepresenting himself in self aggrandizement.
Nah....a pharmacist has no business being called doctor. The conventional understanding of the term "doctor" in ordinary day to day use in any patient care milieu is a medical doctor having successfully completed medical school. Anything else is a cause for confusion and requires a clarification, especially these days where free standing medical clinics in retail store complexes are ubiquitous.
Unless the pharmacist explicitly clarifies that he received a "doctorate" in pharmaceutical science and is not a medical doctor, he is misrepresenting himself in self aggrandizement.
And its unethical.
I agree to a certain extent, that there are issues surrounding non-MDs using the term "doctor" in a clinical setting. I always identify myself as a midwife (and it is on my badge), but my patients still often turn right around and address me as doctor. Clearly, the general public is not well informed about the different credentials that health care workers hold, and I think we owe it to them to make our roles as clear as possible.
A pharmacist holds a legit terminal degree, and does deserve the title doctor. However, I think it is important to refer to yourself by your ROLE, not your degree. I feel the same about NPs that hold a terminal degree. I don't plan on calling myself doctor in the clinical setting, if I get that PhD that I am hoping for.
I know in the closing credits of the Cosby Show, it always named him as "William Cosby D.Ed." (or whatever his exact degree is). He must be pretty insecure.
I know in the closing credits of the Cosby Show, it always named him as "William Cosby D.Ed." (or whatever his exact degree is). He must be pretty insecure.
Or perhaps he's proud of his accomplishments like many people are. And I imagine people only have a problem with it now because of the allegations against him.
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Does the OP meet this criteria: 7. Does the nurse have the ability/resources to respond to complications in such a way that patient safety and quality of care are assured?
Did the patient appropriately assessed? What was the diagnosis? Who made the diagnosis?