Well...I started the new job and have successfully managed to make my former boss MAD

[flashpoint]

I went from a clinic to a 20 bed LTC. All of the residents in the LTC use the same doctor, who is out of town until Thursday. My former boss agreed to take call for him since he is the only doctor in his clinic...everyone else is a PA. So...last night we had a resident fall and I had to call him. An hour later, we had a resident have a seizure and I had to call him and transport the resident because we couldn't get the seizure stopped. Early this morning, we had a resident have an anaphylactic reaction to his new antibiotic...so I had to call and transport again. After the third resident was safely stabilized at the hospital, my former boss called me and told me not to call him again...he was tired and he was sick of always being stuck with the other doctor's call. I apologized and reminded him that I wouldn't have called unless is was something I either had no choice about or was something I couldn't handle without medical intervention. He again told me not to call and told me that if I did, he would report me to the administrator and have me fired and have my license revoked. Then he said, "So, what do you think of that?" I told him that I thought he either needed to cowboy up and remember that it is always horrible when he covers for the other doctor, quit covering for the other doctor, or agree to cover and then leave town so everything is deferred to town call like all of the other doctors do. He screamed (yep, screamed...used to do it in the clinic all the time) and hung up.

He called back about 15 minutes later and told me he was glad that I am getting my spunk back.

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[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

They make medications for his disorder nowadays....

[nurse_clown]

he called back about 15 minutes later and told me he was glad that i am getting my spunk back.

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that's interesting. that's kewl. i don't think this is a bad thing. would he really have gotten you fired and reported? maybe he was just being dramatic and can't deal with stress.

but doesn't that always happen? you cover someone else's shift and all h*ll breaks loose.

[TazziRN, RN]

At least he "apologized"...........good grief!

I had a doc tell me that one night after we had called him several times. I told him, "You are on call tonight. If my physician needs to speak with you and tells me to call you, I will call you."

[TazziRN, RN]

that's interesting. that's kewl. i don't think this is a bad thing. would he really have gotten you fired and reported? maybe he was just being dramatic and can't deal with stress.

but doesn't that always happen? you cover someone else's shift and all h*ll breaks loose.

there is no way he could have had her reported, because the bon would laugh in his face.

[burn out]

So what if you make the old boss mad,it is the new boss you want to make happy because that is where the pay raises comes from.

[CseMgr1, ASN, RN]

If your former boss does not want to be a doctor and have all the goodies that go along with the job, then he needs to become a taxi driver. That way he can turn his light off, whenever he doesn't feel like being bothered.

[GooeyRN, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

I don't understand that. Why take call (and get the extra bucks) if you do not want to be called? Do they really think they deserve to get the extra bucks AND a full night sleep? There is a reason why they get paid extra..... And its not to get a full nights sleep.

[ak127]

They make medications for his disorder nowadays....

What disorder is that?

"jerk-off-osis"?

"thorn-in-my-side-itis"?

"responsibility-shirking-syndrome"?

"head-up-rear-disease"?

I've had bosses with all of these... they are dreadful, terrible afflications and we must all defer to these poor managers' disabilities- have you no compassion woman?! :trout:

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

You handled him very well. :)

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

What disorder is that?

"jerk-off-osis"?

"thorn-in-my-side-itis"?

"responsibility-shirking-syndrome"?

"head-up-rear-disease"?

I've had bosses with all of these... they are dreadful, terrible afflications and we must all defer to these poor managers' disabilities- have you no compassion woman?! :trout:

Stickupbuttitis. Nothing that a morphine drip left WO wouldn't fix.

[banditrn]

There's no way he could carry out his threat - he was just trying to intimidate her!

Had that happen one time - the doc on call refused to do anything, and hung up. My supervisor called the medical director of the hospital, who in turn called the errant doc and said doc then came in and took care of the patient.

Another time a doc tried it, so I told him I would just chart exactly what he said.

I loved 99% of the docs I worked with, but couldn't tolerate that 1%.