Random rant

shelly304 · Jul 4, 2008

And these are our future doctors. Not only will we get the pleasure of working with them; they will be caring for our loved ones!

Hands and Heart · Jul 4, 2008

How irresponsible of those residents!!!!! I'm boiling mad just thinking about it:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire. How would they feel if it had been their child someone had done that to? Everyone in healthcare should be focused on patient care. I'm so tongue tied and mad, I don't even know what to say. Wait until one of those residents is in nee of care and can't speak for themselves!!!! Wonder if they will think of this incident when someone leaves their a** hanging out in the cold:angryfire.

sugarsweet21612 · Jul 4, 2008

regardless of whose "job" it is, i can't believe they would just leave the baby there like that! even if it was your "job", they could have at least told you they were done so the baby didn't have to lie there shivering! or, in this particular instance, even they think it is "your job", they could have taken care of a helpless child since you weren't there and they were done!! ridiculous!!! it is no excuse to just leave just because it isn't their job...

FlyingScot, RN · Jul 4, 2008

Please, please report them to their senior/chief resident. They put that child in jeopardy and their attitudes need to be adjusted.

Halinja, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2008

Yes, they should have covered up the patient/baby again. I mean, that's a no brainer.

On the other hand, if it was me, I'd be in there when they were examining the baby. They might have questions. They might need supplies. And...well, to be honest, I'm territorial, because I do not like someone else 'messing' with my patient. I am right there if at ALL possible if another medical person is in with my patient.

chenoaspirit, ASN, RN · Jul 4, 2008

That is horrible! The residents here are better than the docs. They have even started IVs! Im shocked because imagine how their ego and attitude will be once they ARE docs! Yes, I agree...their attitudes need to be adjusted NOW. I hope you made them feel like dirt! I hate it when a doc refuses work because it is "beneath them". It should be the goal of the entire medical team for the best outcome for the patients and leaving a baby freezing is NOT in the bet interest! GRRRRRR Good for you for being an advocate for that little one.

MedicalLPN, LPN · Jul 4, 2008

Is it just me or shouldn't it be COMMON SENSE to wrap the baby back up?? I mean come on they must be highly intelligent people in order to make it through Med school so it really shouldn't require too much critical thinking on their part when it comes to that situation! I don't blame you for being mad, I'm furious and I wasn't even there! I'm just glad you said something to them, you rock!

Simpleplan · Jul 4, 2008

Sometimes there are things that arent really all that important but you want to get off your chest so here it goes...
This morning I had a tiny pt- 6 days old. No one was in the room so I quickly went to prepare her formula and gather some things for her bath. As I was leaving the room, three residents come in and ask if I can unswaddle the baby so they can take a better look at her. I unwrap the baby and leave the room to continue my tasks. As I approach the room 15 minutes later I hear the baby crying. I wonder what the problem could be since the baby was sleeping after I unwrapped her. When I saw the baby, she was still unwrapped and only had a diaper on and was crying and shivering from the cold. They even took off her hat I put on to keep her head warm. I couldn't believe it! I quickly wrapped the baby and I marched over to residents in the hallway and told them off in front of their peers. They looked embarassed but stood their ground and made up several pathetic excuses, one of which included the fact that they saw pt care as the nurses job, not theirs. How horrible would it have been for the mother of the child to come in and see her child like that? And who would have gotten the blame- THE NURSE. It seems like all the customer service speeches they give nursing staff should be directed at the doctors as well. The nerve!!!!:angryfire

It's sad that the patient's well being is somehow beneath the duty of a doctor.

TRAMA1RN · Jul 4, 2008

First of all! They cannot unswaddle a baby themselves? Second of all there is no excuse for not rewrapping the baby and if they were unable then they should have gotten you right away. Basic HUMAN care is everyones responsibility.

kristenncrn · Jul 4, 2008

My take?

That's not customer service - that's medically irresponsible. No sub-q fat - no ability to regulate temp - no healthy baby.

And if wrapping a baby is a "nurse job" - I actually would talk to the attending. Immediately. Maybe I'm just lucky - but my attendings would never have allowed that to stand.

I'm an RN. I don't fetch, cater, bow, scrape, beg or serve. Physicians and residents aren't my bosses. They are my co-workers (and on my floor - my trusted, respected, valued ones, thankfully.)

They may have more knowledge about medicine - but that's their profession. It doesn't say anything necessarily about their character.

/off soapbox now

Good vent. Sorry that happened to you!

GrumpyRN63, ADN, RN · Jul 4, 2008

It is JULY people !!! Beware the wrath of the new residents