Don't mean to add wood to the fire but.....

[DREDAY]

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I went to costco today and saw this.... I thought to myself "I dont think a Doctor would ever walk into a costco with a white coat on." I wanted to confirm my suspicion and looked at the embroidered title and sure enough... it said "RN". False advertisement?

 

[armorshell]

I need me some HOLIDAY CENTERPIECE

 

[IlDestriero]

While there may be more, the only place that I believe still retains the tradition of the long white coat for physician faculty only is Harvard, and they may have finally let this go as well, though I doubt it.

 

[sevoflurane]

Checking for hemorrhoids, DGE? hmmm..... I think she's misplaced her patient... 😛 Actually, it doesn't bug me that much.

 

[Tuohy]

Where is the matching clipboard?

 

[urge]

A white coat pretty much guarantees a "non physician" nowadays.

Physicians wear suits now.

 

[medicinesux]

I've been away from SDN for several months now (as I've been going through a divorce from medicine) and I come back now and see this! Gee thanks O.P. 🙁

Oh my eyes!!!! You make them bleed! This is just one step away from winding up on peopleofwalmart.com

Actually, I'd rather witness Tashanda's jellyrolls wobbling up and down as she scouts out the snack aisle in a mini tube top or seeing the likes of the guy pictured below. Hey, at least he's honest (unlike our Costco centerpiece wannabe)!



The bastardization of American medicine continues folks. The saddest part of all this is that a lot more has been hijacked than our mere white coats. So have our very identities. Seriously, I find this pic beyond nauseating. Pardon me while I go puke in the toilet.

 

[fakin' the funk]

You mean, the white coats that anesthesiologists DON'T wear?

 

[DREDAY]

I think the issue here is the fact that the lay person associates white coats with doctors. Wearing a white coat to costco is very unprofessional and sends a bad message about our professionalism. Add to that the infection control issue.

 

[fakin' the funk]

I think the issue here is the fact that the lay person associates white coats with doctors.

Maybe. I associate it with phlebotomists.

Wearing a white coat to costco is very unprofessional

Yeah, OK, we'll agree with that. So take it up with the nurse who was doing so.

and sends a bad message about our professionalism.

Not ours.

Add to that the infection control issue.

Weak.

 

[Narcotized]

You are overreacting. I think she works in the meat department. Butchers tend to dress that way.

 

[DAN325]

I have seen nurse practioners and other nurses with long white coats at the mall and other public places shopping dozen of times. It's pretty ridiculous.

 

[cfdavid]

That is about the most tool-boxish thing I've seen in a long time.....

 

[leaverus]

I have seen nurse practioners and other nurses with long white coats at the mall and other public places shopping dozen of times. It's pretty ridiculous.

Seriously?? This is the first time i've heard of or seen this. How f*cking lame and insecure do you have to be to wear a white coat to the mall?! Just goes to show, it's all about the prestige and moolah for these jackasses - it's the same mentality that leads them to put a hundred different degree titles after their names; an actual physician would never ever do this sort of thing. And i thought jerk-offs who wear their scrubs everywhere were bad....

 

[fabfive5]

That is about the most tool-boxish thing I've seen in a long time.....

well said.

 

[psychbender]

Back in medschool, shortly after the whitecoat ceremony, I witnessed a classmate wear her short white coat into a store. The other classmates with me proceeded to make fun of her for the next few weeks, and she never did it again. Pure toolage.

 

[coldweatherblue]

i bought a phone once, post-call, with my white coat on. it was a busy call and by that point it was like 5pm.. honestly did not care at all what anyone thought cause i needed the coat for hygiene.

 

[PharmDream10]

The lab coat is pretty bad. But not as bad as a CRNA wearing full garb including shoe covers, hair net and all, to parent/teacher conferences, shopping and a child's baseball game. I know one that does it and I don't get it. Wanting to look important is all I can think of, but in actuality they look ridiculous.

 

[countingdays]

Why stop with dressing up as a fake doctor?
I think she should aim higher and buy a princess constume.

 

[ProRealDoc]

The lab coat is pretty bad. But not as bad as a CRNA wearing full garb including shoe covers, hair net and all, to parent/teacher conferences, shopping and a child's baseball game. I know one that does it and I don't get it. Wanting to look important is all I can think of, but in actuality they look ridiculous.

Take pictures and post them here so we can have a good laugh.

 

[NOLA RISING]

Just put an EKG or a BMP in their face and ask them what t make of it. I always get a kick out of that. I find that engaging them like equals really emphasizes their glaring inequalities to both parties.

"I think that this hyponatremia is likely a hypotonic, hypovolemic hyponatremia secondary to SIADH. Do you think its worth getting a urine specific gravitiy or should we just start treatment?"

"...uh, I guess the specific gravity is a good call..."

Admittedly, this is a stupid example and Im not sure if its even clinically correct, but I get a kick out of demonstrating the difference in our training to these Noctors.

 

[Monty Python]

The lab coat is pretty bad. But not as bad as a CRNA wearing full garb including shoe covers, hair net and all, to parent/teacher conferences, shopping and a child's baseball game. I know one that does it and I don't get it. Wanting to look important is all I can think of, but in actuality they look ridiculous.

This is absolutely ridiculous. That person needs to be reported to their employer for complete disregard of infection control policies, not to mention a total lack of common sense and basic respect for others. The school principal needs to make the phone call to the hospital CEO for maximum effect. Perhaps the city health department would also like to be informed. I know JCAHO would appreciate the heads-up.

It is a liberating thing to be free of one's ego and not crave the spotlight. Anonymity and living beneath the radar is a comfort.

 

[IlDestriero]

This is absolutely ridiculous. That person needs to be reported to their employer for complete disregard of infection control policies, not to mention a total lack of common sense and basic respect for others. The school principal needs to make the phone call to the hospital CEO for maximum effect. Perhaps the city health department would also like to be informed. I know JCAHO would appreciate the heads-up.

It is a liberating thing to be free of one's ego and not crave the spotlight. Anonymity and living beneath the radar is a comfort.

I would tend to agree. Complain to the principal and superintendent of schools. The angle to take is that she is bringing dangerous hospital resistant bacteria into the school. MRSA, etc can be fatal or disfiguring. If it was "clean" she wouldn't be wearing it, she would be in her street clothes. The white coat I would ignore, the scrubs and gear, mask hanging on her neck?, would require my personally inquiring as to WTF they were thinking wearing hospital gear to school. When she said it was to keep her clothes clean, I would report her actions to her risk management department, public relations office, and department Chair. She's wearing hospital gear outside the hospital, and obviously plans to wear it back in the OR, or she wouldn't have shoe covers, etc. I like the dept of health angle. My first question of course would be to introduce myself and inquire where they work. Makes reporting easier.
My old hospital had a policy of no scrubs outside of the hospital, period. Need to run to the car, no you can't just put your white coat on, change. Perception is everything. That buffoon wants everyone to know she's "important". I think it is just disgusting, she's an imbacile.

 

[sevoflurane]

It is a liberating thing to be free of one's ego and not crave the spotlight. Anonymity and living beneath the radar is a comfort.

Couldn't agree more. Got busted at Walmart last weekend. Had a patient approach me while I was checking out... Before I knew it like 5 heads turned and started engaging me in medical conversation ... didn't like the feeling. Not my style.

 

[sevoflurane]

... definitely one of the drawbacks of a small town/city.

 

[tucker27705]

And i thought jerk-offs who wear their scrubs everywhere were bad....

Here I sit in Starbucks in my scrubs.
At least I'm not jerking off.

Tuck

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

I am anti-wearing hospital attire in public places outside the hospital, particularly restaurants/movie theaters/gym/etc, where clearly there was a plan involved and someone made a conscious decision to wear scrubs/white coat there. The gym is the absolute worst. If it's a hospital gym, OK, whatever. And I've softened my stance on running into the grocery store in scrubs on the way home out of necessity, but only because my life pretty much consists of driving to/from the hospital and if I didn't go on the way I would starve to death.

Wearing a white coat anywhere is a no-no. You always have time to take that bad boy off and leave it in the car if you have to run errands. That is a no-doubt ego-trip.

 

[IlDestriero]

I don't understand why people just don't change out of the Fing scrubs. Taking hospital bacteria home is f-ed up. If you're changing into clean scrub before you go, put on street clothes. Maybe look professional coming and going? Jesus, I'm starting to sound like Jet.

 

[doctor712]

I don't understand why people just don't change out of the Fing scrubs. Taking hospital bacteria home is f-ed up. If you're changing into clean scrub before you go, put on street clothes. Maybe look professional coming and going? Jesus, I'm starting to sound like Jet.

I miss Jet on this board. Granted, he's a good friend and I talk to him aside, however, I miss reading all the back and forth between you guys/gals about cases, techniques, perspectives, POVs and the like. I also miss Plankton, not sure where he's gone. I know Jet's swamped and decided to step away, but where are the fun cases and academic dogma vs pp reality arguments of late? Er, I mean, discussions. 🙂 Anybody else feeling the tank is a little low of late?

D712