Why do docs do this?

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Why do docs go into the staff break room to hang out? There is a doctors lounge right down the hall. Most of the docs are really nice...BUT....do they have a clue that they are some of the very peeps we are trying to get away from for a precious few minutes? GEEZ.......:uhoh3:

We invite some of the docs in for holiday parties and such. We actually get along pretty well with most. But I get what OP is saying, sometimes when you want to escape, it's not just the patients you want to escape from. And what's up with they can come in our lounge but we can't go in their lounge?

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Our hospitalist sits at the nurses station with us most of the night. We all love it since she is always right there for those quick orders. We shoot the **** all night and we get to know each other so we arent just another faceless nurse calling her.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

Physicians lounge is pretty boring, much more going on in the nurses area. Besides it's usually a sausage fest up in the doctor's lounge.:p

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Docs go into the nurses lounge to see if they are fodder for the rumor mill, of course!

J/K...I don't know why they do that in your area. I think it's great.

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Specializes in ER, STICU, Neuro ICU, PACU, Burn ICU.

I say no problemo. Yesterday one of our staff docs bought us all pizza just "because". Plus, they're right there when I need orders. I guess it depends on where you work. If the docs are a bunch of jerks, I wouldn't want them around either. We've got great docs where I work.

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Specializes in wound care.

people are people , when you die you all end up in the same judgment seat , so whether our a doc ,cna or house keeper , i treat every one the same, all people deserve respect

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never saw a doctor in the break room we use. i don't think any of them even know where it is.

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They are hoping for free food....!!!

If that isn't the truth ! :D

One place I worked had regular potlucks.... the docs can sniff out a free meal from 5 floors away (and we welcomed them- the ones who showed up were great to work with, and we didn't mine them joining in).....now one of the Nursing sups was a different story; she was never around unless to rearrange rooms for "incoming" ED admits for later (sometimes didn't happen for days, at which time none of the moves mattered :uhoh3:), but nuke some potluck food, and she'd appear like Aunt Clara on Bewitched .... :D She was basically a pleasant individual...just had dud timing - LOL :)

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Specializes in Medical Surgical Orthopedic.

They're hungry. We feed them.

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Specializes in I/DD.

Ours can't even swipe into our break room lol, but we let the good ones in for free food every now and then ;)

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
They're hungry. We feed them.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

Matthew 25:35-36

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
why do docs go into the staff break room to hang out? there is a doctors lounge right down the hall. most of the docs are really nice...but....do they have a clue that they are some of the very peeps we are trying to get away from for a precious few minutes? geez.......:uhoh3:

docs are part of the health care team -- so if they're in the break room on break, why wouldn't you want to hang out with them? some of them are very interesting people.

we have one physician on our team who won't go near the staff breakroom. i think it's too bad. he'd probably have better working relationships if he brought his lunch and sat with us now and again.

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