what do you think of the doctors you work with???

I generally like most of the docs that I work with too...some are fantastic and there are one or two I wouldn't let treat my cat, but most are at the very least pleasent. They do have their temper tantrums at times but I know nurses that do that too...I am petty lucky to work with a nice crew- 97% of the time I feel like we all make a good team and that my opinions and suggestions are respected and listened to.

Most of the staff I work with are pleasant. But we do work in a stressful environment and tempers can flair. Try not to take it personal. As you gain in experience, you will learn when to take a stand and how to let things roll off your back.

In eighteen years of being a nurse, I've only come across four docs that I would have loved to take to the woodshed for a beatin' due to their bad manners and rudeness towards nurses. One of those docs is a female. Another doc was rude to staff, his patients, and the patients parents.

All in all...most docs are pretty decent. They are people just like nurses, and we know the hot attitudes we come across in working with SOME nurses, and other ancillary staff, now don't we? They make me wanna drink...and I don't drink. :beer:

I like 99% of the docs I work with. Just this week a locally renown surgeon came to our unit, where he normally doesn't have patients and made a butt of himself, but the nurse involved with him did a great job.

I don't let a few trolls discredit MD's.

I work in the ED, so we've got quite a few docs permanently with us for 6 months. With those SHOs I find it sometimes takes a couple of weeks with some of them to get them to understand how nursing in the ED is different to the wards and stop them shouting at us, lol. Sometimes have difficulties with medical senior docs, like today when one was barking at me demanding I listed every test done with a patient I had looked after for approx 2 minutes (and she knew that), just about lost my rag with her, but got through with a breather, lol.

Docs are like nurses, some you click with, some you don't... depends whether your personalities click and how closely you have to work with them :)

I like the majority, but there are 1 or 2 that are complete jerks. Not enough to ruin the whole lot though.

And there are several i could praise.

I'm in the ER and I really like all the docs I work with. We have to work side by side for many hours at at time so it behooves everyone to be nice.:)

There is one certain Hospitalist that is a jerk.... but ALL of us in the ER (docs included) laugh about him and don't take him seriously.

I agree with the previous poster that said with experience, you gain the ability to let things roll off your back and you know when to take a stand if needed.

In eighteen years of being a nurse, I've only come across four docs that I would have loved to take to the woodshed for a beatin' due to their bad manners and rudeness towards nurses. One of those docs is a female. Another doc was rude to staff, his patients, and the patients parents.

You know what makes me feel better about those kinds of docs? THEY are the ones that end up with med mal practice suits against them.

Gotta love how the universe has a way of balancing itself out. :chuckle

I've had the unpleasant experience of working with some very unpleasnt docs. At my current facility though, our docs are pretty awesome!! They respect our opinions, they value us as part of a team. They have really given light to what a working atmosphere should be. In return, I feel a certain loyalty to our docs, and even though the facility sometimes has issues, which are not unlike any other facilities, I feel the desire to work harder because I feel valued.

...The worst was a cardiologist who would frequently go up to nurses after one of his patients coded and died and yell at them, "you killed my patient". Everyone worried that we would be his next target. One time he was upset that vital signs or something hadn't been charted on some patient's nurses notes and to make an example of it, he took the sheet of nurses notes and scotch-taped it to the head nurses office door, not with one strip of scotch tape, but with many. Everyone at the desk just looked on in awe as he has his little tantrum. ...

I went to a local hospital after work one day to visit a friend and there was a creepy, short, ugly, vile little man screaming at a nurse. He was sitting in a chair with his feet up on the desk making her read his orders to him outloud. As she read each order he would stop her and make her explain how to do each procedure (taking a temp, helping someone to the bathroom, etc.). He was enjoying humiliating this nurse and the nurse looked like she wanted to die.

I stopped and couldn't believe what I was seeing. I had just gotten off work (care home) and I was still wearing my scrubs. Before I realized what I was doing I had lit into him. Told him he was a creepy little troll who had a reputation to match is smarmy little attitude (heck, I didn't even know him to be honest). I went on to say something about the need for putting bells on his shoes to match the rest of his outfit and after that, it got ugly. I could have done so much better had I planned it but I was hearing my words along with everyone else. I was so angry.

He just sat there with this pooh eating grin on his face, it didn't dawn on me at the time that he thought he was waiting for me to hang myself. I was wearing scrubs... he thought I worked for the hospital so he just let me go on and on.

When I was done he demanded to know who I was, I rolled my eyes and walked away. He started *really* raising his voice and demanding to know my name. One of the nurses there was someone I knew somewhat and she was trying to calm him down explaining I was a visitor, I didn't work for the hospital. He actually followed me demanding to know what hospital I worked for.

I ignored him, in retrospect I wish I would have patted his short little bald head like a puppy dog and then walked away.

Most docs are very cool, I especially like surgeons. They are really into teaching and I LOVE OR!