Nurses are fantastic

[thenavysurgeon]

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I've been lurking around this forum today, and clearly there is a lot of good natured ribbing between MDs and RNs on the forum. However some of it is a little malignant and disrespectful, mutually.

As a surgeon, two years out of training now, I just want to say that I think RNs are, for the most part, a fantastic, hard working and caring group of people. Our clinic nurse is by far the most dedicated RN I've ever worked with, and our patients adore her. Our docs would be totally ineffective without her. She is a total rock star!

For the med students coming up through the ranks, and the interns and residents in training...your reputation can be made or broken by the opinion of the RNs you work with. Your program directors will hear about it if you're disrespectful, flippant or ignorant. I urge you to treat RNs as collegues, take their questions and advice seriously....be humble when a senior RN in the ICU call you to report a patient 'not looking so great'...while that report my not be technically informative, that RN has developed an intuition for sick patients...ingnore those call at your peril.

Just my $0.02

I learned the hard way about this stuff...reformed my stupid ways, and now have a lot more fun at work...

 

[ang19]

thanks navysurgeon for the heart warming post. being a RN carries so much negativity such as: 1)we receive no respect from docs 2)patients abuse us and 3) our working conditions are atrocious. all though i don't agree that all of those negative images exist, it does affect the quality of care a nurse gives a patient and it affects how the nurse views their self worth. i love being a RN and I personally think it is a very noble profession. i get along great with all docs(even the difficult ones) and patients are always writing good comments about me. i think it all starts with loving what you chose as a career, but it is nice to see that someone acknowledges the hard work nurses put in day in and day out.

 

[susannaQ]

very goot post, i like very much : ) : )

 

[fab4fan]

navysurgeon: Your post was a real shot in the arm...we don't often see posts from docs regarding nurses that are favorable.

Now, if only we could clone you. 😀

 

[porknbeans]

you deserve some brownie points...=)

seriously, very nice for a doc to say that...thanx

 

[Bull's eye]

I agree totally, I'm an ortho intern, new to the real world. The nurses here have been fantastic and informative in my clinical decision making. (especailly since they know what the hospital formulary includes). I want to say thanks, also.

 

[fab4fan]

navysurgeon and bull's eye:

We love to work with docs with attitudes like yours, rather than those who view us only as "the help."

 

[Dr.Kim2010]

That was nice! 👍

 

[coolness]

Hoorayyy for nurses!

 

[NoAngel]

I've been lurking around this forum today, and clearly there is a lot of good natured ribbing between MDs and RNs on the forum. However some of it is a little malignant and disrespectful, mutually.

As a surgeon, two years out of training now, I just want to say that I think RNs are, for the most part, a fantastic, hard working and caring group of people. Our clinic nurse is by far the most dedicated RN I've ever worked with, and our patients adore her. Our docs would be totally ineffective without her. She is a total rock star!

For the med students coming up through the ranks, and the interns and residents in training...your reputation can be made or broken by the opinion of the RNs you work with. Your program directors will hear about it if you're disrespectful, flippant or ignorant. I urge you to treat RNs as collegues, take their questions and advice seriously....be humble when a senior RN in the ICU call you to report a patient 'not looking so great'...while that report my not be technically informative, that RN has developed an intuition for sick patients...ingnore those call at your peril.

Just my $0.02

I learned the hard way about this stuff...reformed my stupid ways, and now have a lot more fun at work...

Thank you! Now could you pass that on in the vast underworld network of doctors ... maybe we'll have a chance in this country to better healthcare after all.

And posts like this go a long way towards making better working conditions -- can you spread the sunshine????????????????????

 

[APRN-BC]

Wow, such nice words. Thanks !!!! 🙂