"The Disruptive Behavior of Doctors"

[dharmanurse]

I am currently reading a book on nursing careers that talks about "the disruptive behavior of doctors." I'm sure we all have stories! Can you tell me of ways in which doctors' behaviors have made your job harder? The pundits talk about ways to improve health care. Well, one thing that would really make a huge difference: changing doctors' behaviors.

[blueheaven]

LOL I could write a book on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blueheaven]

Then again, I have witnessed nurses who for no reason except that they are +++holes too who have ripped docs, been rude and nasty, not in the least helpful and plain horrible! I work in a teaching hospital. What are some of our coworkers teaching the new kids on the block?

So it cuts both ways. We recently had a attending (who was God) and a group of residents, interns etc that was absolutely awful. They picked up the attitude of the attending. Needless to say, at the end of the month they passed on to the next team that we were really bad to work with. They came into their rotation thinking that we were all a bunch of nasty people. They quickly found out that wasn't true and we had a wonderful month.

[netglow, ASN, RN]

Dontcha hate it when you have a complex case... stuff isn't working, nobody really wants the patient...you've got like 4 docs in on it, tho they don't want to be... and you cannot get one to put in a new orders for possibly better med management?! It's always... maybe I'll put a note for Dr. so and so (repeated by all). Nobody wants responsibility. You feel like a hitchhiker trying to get a ride.

[Isabelle49]

You might want to check the JAHCO site (joint commission). Not long ago there was a very good article about disruptive doctor behavior and how this leads to nursing errors. One of the goals of the joint commission was to address this issue, since many patients' lives have been endangered by the effects of a doctor's actions on a nurse.

Isabelle