Doctors and Nurses

Doctor tributes to nurses!

Doctor tributes to nurses!

These stories, volunteered by doctors who genuinely delighted in sharing them, are sure to erase any doubt that [most] doctors do appreciate nurses.

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Speak more assertively as a nurse

Let’s face it: Standing up to colleagues, patients and their families isn’t always easy. Let these simple tips teach you how to speak with confidence.

The secret of successful charting

The secret of successful charting

Instead of seeing it as one more thing to cross off your to-do list, what if you looked at it as…a conspiracy?

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When nurses should argue with the doctor

As civilians, our daily conundrums aren’t necessarily life or death. But as nurses, they could be. So when you see a doctor doing something that ain’t okay, what do you do?

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How nurses can earn the respect of difficult doctors

As a nurse, you may find that respect is a rather elusive entity. And of course, the stereotype of the rude MD berating the nurse is sadly rooted in reality.

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Leave it to the Docs

We had a minor emergency on our hands the other night that required surgical intervention. I intervened and called a doc for another doctor–and all heck broke loose.

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7 tips for dealing with doctors…at night!

I think #7 may be the most important: Develop a thick skin. But the rest of these ideas will serve you well when handling MDs during the evening shift.

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Improving nurse-doctor communication

It’s not all about following SBARQ; what can we do to improve communication between nurses and doctors?

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How to deal with overbearing doctors

The last thing you need when you have your hands full with multiple patients, long shifts, and complicated situations? An arrogant, uncooperative MD. These 5 tips will help you cope.

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Doctoring the ‘Doctor’ title?

I have taken an interest to this particular debate, since I am a current Nurse Practitioner student who will eventually hold a Doctorate of Nursing Practice…

How to be confident with doctors

How to be confident with doctors

“As a new graduate, one of my biggest challenges has been calling a physician on the phone. I often feel flustered and unsure of myself. Then they get frustrated. Can you help? Does this get easier with experience?” —Flustered on the Phone

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Comment of the week: Dr. Disrespectful

“If you ever yell at me or are disrespectful again, you will be running the back office all by yourself.”

Doctors versus nurses

Doctors versus nurses

Is there a competitive flavor to the MD/nurse relationship that keeps us butting heads, even at our own doctor appointments?

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Sometimes nurses need a doctor too!

“Nurse, heal thyself”…this is possible sometimes, but not when we need an rx for something! Even the best nurse needs a doctor sometimes. How do you pick your doctors?

10 questions I’d love to ask SOME MDs…

10 questions I’d love to ask SOME MDs…

If only. If only we could ask stuff like, “how much money do you really make?”