Scary doctors!!!

[LadyBugLass]

NO NAMES HERE PLEASE....

What is the worst thing you have ever seen a doctor do?

I'll start...an ER resident gave a patient with a third degree block lidocaine, despite my partner reminding him that it was a BAD idea. Well, you can guess the outcome. He used to be really cocky and condescending; now, he's just as polite and humble as can be, and turned into a really great doctor!! I saw him on "Trauma-Life in the ER" not too long ago!!

My preceptor told me about a truly terrifying surgeon. She had an ICU pt. with a HUGE, massively infected abdominal surgical wound that was left open for all of the drainage and to directly treat the infection. When the surgeon came to visit the pt., he removed the dressings to inspect the site. There was alot of pus in there, so...

HE PICKS UP THE PATIENTS TONSIL-TIP SUCTION THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE FLOOR AND STICKS IT INTO THE WOUND TO REMOVE ALL THE DRAINAGE!!:uhoh21:

When he saw B.'s jaw hit the floor, he just stared at her and said "Well, the wound's not sterile either."

[alices]

I once worked with one who was so mad when a wife refused to have a peg tube inserted into her dying husband, he punched a hole in the wall with his fist over the man's head of the bed, scattering plaster and paint chips over his face. And yes, indeedy, he was on nose candy.

[LadyBugLass]

How 'bout a general physician who started an autopsy on his patient in the patient's hospital room after his death? No, he's not a pathologist, no he has no legal authority whatsoever to perform an autopsy, no the hospital room is not set up for such a "procedure", and no the nurses who entered the room completely unaware of what he was up to were NOT happy to assist as per his request. And yes, he's practicing elsewhere now.

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HOLY crap!!!!

Someone watched WAY too many HBO "Autopsy" specials.

[RN4NICU, LPN, LVN]

Oh Please!! Give people room to vent when they feel they need to with making sweeping judgemental statements which weaken morale just as quickly. Sometimes you need to get things off your chest, because keeping them in is far more detrimental to yourself as well as your patients.

Very good point. Thanks for posting warrior.

[eb_rn]

I once had a doc ask me to "turn-off the vent" so he could hear heart sounds. I guess the patient's breathing wasn't as important as his heart sounds.......the RT sitting beside me offered to bag the patient so the doc could thoroughly assess the heart sounds.

[Peatness]

I hope we all remember all the awesome Docs out there that save people everyday, I wouldn't want that job. I dislike negative threads like this, it multiplies negativity and is bad for morale.

People that work in health care have to stick together or everything falls apart.

Anybody who is unwilling to report gross negligence is just as guilty!

I acknowledge that people need the opportunity to vent and that this forum is a great way to do so however I agree with vickster's point of view as well. I hope that these threads make all of us aware of the importance of maintaining professional and more importantly SAFE practices in our daily routine. We all make mistakes but there is no excuse for laziness or negligence when it comes to patient care. It is all of our responsibility to strive to maintain the highest level of practice and report negligence and inapropriate behaviour that we witness. I have seen both nurses and doctors do some of the most horrific things. All of these events were reported and followed up on to ensure that action was taken. In each event there was some form of change implemented. A flip comment during debreifing does not suffice. We need to take the time and energy to follow through with these complaints until we see a result. Is this not our responsibility as a health care worker? Are we not supposed to speak out for the rights of our patients when they are unable to do so? I don't mean to be 'preachy' but I feel very strongly about this, I wonder how many of the people who posted on this thread actually did something about it?...just a thought.

Peatness

[CHATSDALE]

I acknowledge that people need the opportunity to vent and that this forum is a great way to do so however I agree with vickster's point of view as well. I hope that these threads make all of us aware of the importance of maintaining professional and more importantly SAFE practices in our daily routine. We all make mistakes but there is no excuse for laziness or negligence when it comes to patient care. It is all of our responsibility to strive to maintain the highest level of practice and report negligence and inapropriate behaviour that we witness. I have seen both nurses and doctors do some of the most horrific things. All of these events were reported and followed up on to ensure that action was taken. In each event there was some form of change implemented. A flip comment during debreifing does not suffice. We need to take the time and energy to follow through with these complaints until we see a result. Is this not our responsibility as a health care worker? Are we not supposed to speak out for the rights of our patients when they are unable to do so? I don't mean to be 'preachy' but I feel very strongly about this, I wonder how many of the people who posted on this thread actually did something about it?...just a thought.

Peatness

You are absolutely right, we need to follow up on anything that puts a pt or a future pt in jeopardy..i will be the first to say that i have been remiss in this myself...but frequently the DON/ADM doesn't really want to know...we have eased out nurses with substances abuse problems and they go to another hospital/NH where they stay awhile until they are eased out...nobody goes to BON because it is frequently difficult to prove and everyone is scared of getting involved in a lawsuit...document and report...if the problem is sloppy work talking with the nurse might be helpful,,might make you an enemy real quick but you will be all right with that if it need be I don't know how some of them get out of school I think they try to get the easiet pt in clinical and get grades[some people are good at taking tests] just a few thoughts but i really don't have any solutions

[kevagonia]

I disagree that speaking about these things is "bad for morale'. It's free speech, can actually be constructive. Think of relatively new nurses like myself who sometimes don't know the difference between one thing and another until someone points it out and tells them, "this is wrong", albeit with a good explanation.-k

[nerdse, MSN]

Have had so many in my career I have lost count but this one is funny. Setting is during the late 70's. Doc is humping his office nurse on a routine basis, every chance he gets. Dads in the delivery room is a new phenom - doc's dressing room got cut in half (to make a dad's dressing room) b/c it was big enough to do that - key was still the same for both rooms - nervous dad enters the wrong room to change into scrubs for the delivery & falls over the doc & the office nurse right at THE time if you get my drift - I bet that was the quickest "down time" on record in the history of "nuki"! :rotfl: OB was the dad's wife's OB to boot - was none too pleased to see the OB involved in that particular activity while his wife is in active labor and dilated to 8.5 cm! :imbar Last time this doc EVER picked that particular venue - I thought he had it coming to him but on second thought, maybe he had it NOT coming to him. :chuckle

[KacyLynnRN]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my gosh Nerdse that is tooooo funny!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laughs!!!

Kacy :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[itsme]

Took my hubby in one time- he was coughing up frank blood. The new doc said " your tonsils are swollen" He hasnt had tonsils since he was 13 years old!! He told her that and she promptly turned beet red and said "I meant your tonsil area". He then asked for a different doc to check him out.