Double Standards in Medicine (Doctors+Nurses)

Medicine is all about working together...but sometimes we don't do a great job

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[denisewatson]

It's the continuously referring to Kyle as a her

[_letstartariot]

I was in the middle of a code once and a doctor stopped me to give a message to another nurse. I refused and ran to get supplies needed for said code. Doctor went and complained to the NUM. Audacity.

[donnaromano]

As a nurse of 43 years here, I love seeing a young doctor acknowledge the multi tasking role of the nurse in the health care field. When I first became an RN in 1980 we would stand when the doctor came to the nurses station and ask them whose chart they needed.

[rhyscrowley]

I love how the doctors keep misgendering the nurse despite the name being Kyle and the nurse constantly saying he. Clever little thing to include

[mooziez]

Hey doc? Should I tell someone that this happened ?
I was just in the hospital for septic shock. While I was in the ICU, moving was SO difficult. Even turning over was so hard! I couldn't find my call button and I was in a lot of pain, needed to pee, and couldn't sit up to look for it. A doc came in. I told him what was going on. He asked if I'd called my nurse. I explained that I couldn't reach my call bell remote. He said, "well I just came in to tell you it doesn't look like you need surgery." I said, " ok, that's good news." He went to leave, and I said, "wait, help, can you grab my call bell for me?" He said, "your nurse can do that for you, and left."

[mattybrews]

You forgot the part where the patient's family harasses the covering nurse who has less than third hand info about the plan of care, until security has to be called.

[jjohnson]

"Oh, but we just love our nurses, why do they keep leaving the floor?"...skip the love, doctors, respect for my professional boundaries is much more helpful for everyone involved, especially the patients, as well as appreciated.
Former R.N. here, retired 2021 after 33 years, one of the best decisions I ever made.

[SayMagnaFeek]

Wow … so much to unpack here! The nurse clearly identified the patient’s nurse as ‘Kyle’ and, in addition, using ‘he’ as an additional identifier a few times, but the docs kept telling the nurse to ‘get her’. Also, the nurse was working, doing her charting, and was directed to stop her work and go fetch nurse Kyle for the docs while they just stood there, chatting amongst themselves. From 41 years of full time night shift nursing, I always believed my time was just as valuable as theirs. This is how I handled this: ‘Yeah. Kyle is the tall thin strawberry blond nurse who’s in Room 175 right now. You can find him there.’ … sounds of clicking resumes as I return to my documenting …

[jackiebee]

god thank you as a nurse it's so nice to see a doctor acknowledging this

[GracieValenti]

So accurate. Also, spent half my career passing messages between specialties.

[BldBlum]

I love the casual sexism of the doctor characters. Perfect.

[rebeccafernandes]

I can thankfully say I haven’t ever done this to a nurse colleague. I just ask who the nurse is and go find them myself. … I do know a lot of medics who are like this though. So I can only apologise for the double standard.

[pmarie]

I love it when they invade my chair/computer, knock me off of Epic, then sit in my chair, and check their phone. As a nurse, I obviously have nothing important to do.

[mtrxd]

I've learned as an RN to FINISH WHAT I'M DOING before moving on to a new task. Unless it's an absolute emergency.

[wolftears]

Yep. I work in an ICU as a AIN (CNA for you Americans) and the number of doctors who have no idea that there are different types of nurses (we also wear different uniforms) baffles my mind.

[catdad]

I will say, doctors definitely treat other professionals like second class. Something as simple as putting in an order or waiting for someone or finding the nurse in the chart by themselves is above them sometimes... Nurses deserve more respect given we are the backbone of healthcare...

[lavonnewalker]

40 years of nursing just retired.
You are very observant and spot on, all the time.
Thanks for the memories.

[AlexEs]

🚑 Spot on! I left Nursing in 2019 after 25 years. Now in more Therapy, lol. Glad to see issues we fought for are improving. 🗽

[PainRack]

Hey, at least she didn't have to answer questions about whether patient pee/bo/insert update needed when she's not in charge :)

It got funnier because brand new doctors don't recognise the difference between non registered nurses, nursing aides and etc because all uniforms and I had a doctor trying to tell a LPN medication orders for the patient ... Cue me giving a quick orientation.


On the flip side. I once mistook a medical student for a medical INTERN and oh BOY did he not correct me.... Yet took everything as a learning experience (but didn't communicate to the actual team doctors my concern about NGT feeds, vomiting, patient looking slightly toxic post aspiration )

[thecuttinggardener]

This is painfully true. I would love to see a video on how doctors from specialties put nurses in the middle of conveying their plan to other doctors. “Well tell vascular that they need to take this pt to surgery and not just put him on heparin.” How about you tell vascular yourself…👀 then vascular comes by and says “you tell the Hospitalist that blah blah blah.” Asking nurses to be your personal secretary and referee between services is unprofessional, and it’s something that as an NP I strive to never do.