Guest guest Posted March 12, 2001 Report Share Posted March 12, 2001 , If I didn't know any better--I would assume we work at the same hospital. We have one particular doctor who is a repeat offender. I can not even begin to list all the unprofessional behavior he has displayed over the years. Although management and administration is aware--little has been done. Every now and then, they have a meeting.......But nothing has ever been resolved. (I guess I failed to mention that he is a " bread-winner " for the hospital) His behavior can be so blatantly deplorable. Now our manager has us write down any particular event to be placed in a file. Because it all comes down to profit--I won't be holding my breath on this issue. Casi [OBnurses] Verbal Abuse > OK -- I'm going to open a can of worms here!!! What do you do about vebal > abuse from the docs? How do you, your administration, etc handle it? Is it a > problem in your area? > We seem to really be having a problem with one particular doctor and haven't > gotten any assistance from our administration (that we can tell anyway). He > might have gotten fined but it sure hasn't stopped him from blowing off steam > at us. He called me the other day (as the charge nurse) and told me 2 more > girls that he didn't want caring for his patients. I told him that the list > seemed to be growing and soon it would be hard to assign a nurse. > > What do we do?! > > > > > Welcome to the OBnurses list! > You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 And in light of this discussion, particularly about whether anything is ever done to the poorly-behaving physician....... I will never forget a doctor when I was doing my OR rotation in nursing school getting ticked off about something and flinging a scalpel across the room, right over my shoulder so close that I felt the breeze as it passed. And *I* wasn't even the source of his anger! Did he get reprimanded? No! And he's still in practice. Scary, isn't it? If any one of us did that even once, we'd be sent packing in an instant. Talk about a double standard! --------Jeanine [OBnurses] Verbal Abuse > > > > OK -- I'm going to open a can of worms here!!! What do you do about vebal > > abuse from the docs? How do you, your administration, etc handle it? Is > it a > > problem in your area? > > We seem to really be having a problem with one particular doctor and > haven't > > gotten any assistance from our administration (that we can tell anyway). > He > > might have gotten fined but it sure hasn't stopped him from blowing off > steam > > at us. He called me the other day (as the charge nurse) and told me 2 more > > girls that he didn't want caring for his patients. I told him that the > list > > seemed to be growing and soon it would be hard to assign a nurse. > > > > What do we do?! > > > > > > > > > > Welcome to the OBnurses list! > > You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you > choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in > with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this > list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. > You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, > or Web-only. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 Where I used to work, we had a couple of docs that would lose it sometime. Our management supported us and would back us. I also found that a serious, " Can we talk in private " backed them down. Re: [OBnurses] Verbal Abuse > We have " service management " report sheets, these are purple in color and are > kept on each unit for pt. complaints, staff complaints ect. If a physician is > acting up, we just pull one of those ( these go to medical staff to be review > then in their files) and start writing. We are very lucky that administration > stands behind us and now we just have to go toward where these are kept if > the doc goes to raising his voice and he immediately begins to apologize. We > had one doc who became very mad and yelled about any little thing....this has > really changed his behavior. He is calm now and doesn't raise his voice at > all. Administration has been very supportive and the you know they address > the issues with the physician which is very good for moral also...... > Hope this helps.... > Wil > > > Welcome to the OBnurses list! > You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 In my unit, if the doc or anesthesia provider acts up we usually address them head on and try not to get upset in return. We also have a code for disruptive patients or visitors and we use it if a doc gets out of control. Very calming effect to have several male nurses, orderlies, etc., surround you, tends to stop the bull. As a charge nurse I will not allow any doctor, resident or other nurse to harass my team and the docs we work with will back us up. Check your guidelines for verbal and sexual abuse and follow the chain of command. If you get no satisfaction or action you may have a case against your employer as well as the offending doc. Keep a copy of your paper trail and contact and employment attorney. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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