Rude Resident Physician!!

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I have the distinct displeasure of working alongside the rudest resident physician I have ever come across! :angryfire I work in a surgical ICU. This resident is only 3 years older than I am, but treats me like a complete moron. He barely looks at me when talking to me or addressing me...is very dismissive of me. The only time he does make actual eye contact is to degrade me in someway. The other day I was following an order of his, and he came to me to ask why I did it that specific way. I told him it was the way we always did it in this unit. He then raises his voice and says, and I quote, "You nurses are all the same -- a bunch of trained monkeys!" And then proceeds to grab the chart out of my hands that I was holding. I've tried being nice to him. One time he prescribed my patient some morphine who was in pain. As small talk, I said, "I wish I could just whip out a pad and prescribe my patients what they need!". While he was still writing, he said "Well, if you did more than go to a vocational school to be a nurse, maybe you could" -- and walked away! I was stunned. Im a RN-BSN and worked my butt off to be where I'm at as well as now enrolled in NP school. People like him infuriate me! :angryfire Sorry, I just had to let off some steam. As you can probably tell, it's been a long week working with him!!

Specializes in M/S, Travel Nursing, Pulmonary.
Erik, you schlmiel! :yeah:She was flirting, dude! :bugeyes: And why not just ask her to move so you can finish your work!!!!:smokin:

For the OP: I think you need to have a heart to heart chat with this guy and just lay it out for him.

Also, I think he might be severely sleep deprived, going through divorce or some other major problem, he might be failing his residency and be in trouble with the boss, whatever. He also might be bipolar or have a personality disorder.

If he doesn't respond to your courteous but specific approach, discuss him with the Chief Resident or the Dept. Chief. In any case, let him know specifically what it is that irks you, hurts you and how you'd prefer to be treated instead.

Whats a schlmiel? Is it like BFF?

Oh my, she was NOT flirting. ...........................<_>

Wait. Yes she was. Cause all the girls love me;)

I'm married anyway. So, in hindsight............yeah, we'll just leave it there.

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