really gross doctor

[aye caramba]

what do you guys think of this. today i dropped a vitamin on the floor at the hospital during a med pass. the doctor picked it up and ordered me to give it to the patient!! he said it hadn't been on the floor for 5 seconds so it would be ok. he saw me stop it from rolling away with my shoe and thought it was ok! i threw the pill out and he got very angry and said you just wasted a pill. i then shouted back" are you paying for it?" the patient got upset and said this doc must think i'm a dog that eats off the floor.

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[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I agree -- this is gross (and questionable).

[ohmeowzer RN, RN]

ewwww that doc is very disgusting,, you should handed it to him and said here you take it....i'm glad you tossed it.... makes you wonder what else he does that is not up to standard... hope he dosen't work for that endoscopy center in las vegas...

[femmefatale]

and he's a doctor??? I would fire him if he was my doctor. For crying out loud! :angryfire

[AmericanRN]

what do you guys think of this. today i dropped a vitamin on the floor at the hospital during a med pass. the doctor picked it up and ordered me to give it to the patient!! he said it hadn't been on the floor for 5 seconds so it would be ok. he saw me stop it from rolling away with my shoe and thought it was ok! i threw the pill out and he got very angry and said you just wasted a pill. i then shouted back" are you paying for it?" the patient got upset and said this doc must think i'm a dog that eats off the floor.

:angryfire:angryfire

I think you made the right call there with throwing that vitamin out. The 5 second rule that little kids had back in the day just doesn't apply at the hospital. If the doc thinks that's cool then let him or his family members swallow it.

Far as the patient I feel bad for them and what happened. That person will walk away from this experience thinking "the doc thought I was a dog and should suck up any sort of leftover nastiness." Far as you....Thank you for caring and not administering that to your patient. I would be past offended if my loved one had to eat something off a floor by that was so heavily traveled. And people wonder why some family members basically move in and set up shop when their loved one is hospitalized. (ok so that would be me but I know there are others like me) Anyways if you were the nurse for my relatives I know I could go home and sleep in peace while you were standing watch.

[Apollorn]

Thank you for advocating for your patient so firmly, aye_caramba!

[RNgonewild]

Besides the 5 second rule only applies to food!! J/K:lol2:

[YellowFinchFan]

what do you guys think of this. today i dropped a vitamin on the floor at the hospital during a med pass. the doctor picked it up and ordered me to give it to the patient!! he said it hadn't been on the floor for 5 seconds so it would be ok. he saw me stop it from rolling away with my shoe and thought it was ok! i threw the pill out and he got very angry and said you just wasted a pill. i then shouted back" are you paying for it?" the patient got upset and said this doc must think i'm a dog that eats off the floor.

:angryfire:angryfire

Good For YOU!!! :yeah:That is some disgusting doctor you encountered....

I would NEVER give a pill I dropped to a patient ....NEVER! I've even had patient's say..."oh that's ok, I'll take it...I drop them at home...." I always say You're home floors are not like a hospitals floor....lots of bacteria!

[EmmaG, RN]

He's an idiot.

[nrsang97, BSN, RN]

GROSS!!!:barf01:

[DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN]

if you're brave, think about reporting him. besides being downright gross it was none of his business!

[Maudy]

Ew! The 5 second rule doesn't apply to meds that fall on the hospital floor!