Comments on: Do nurses complain too much? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-82573 Anonymous Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-82573 Nurses are forced to blunt at times because Doctors beat around the bush and will not tell the patient what is really going on with them. Nurses are forced to blunt at times because Doctors beat around the bush and will not tell the patient what is really going on with them.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-79612 Anonymous Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-79612 I am a nurse and I would like to register a complaint about all that complaining. I am a nurse and I would like to register a complaint about all that complaining.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-79607 Anonymous Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-79607 Interesting that a "doctor " wrote this. Nurses complain a lot, but the frequency seems to be in inverse proportion to the PAY and workload. Anyone subjected to the healthcare industry can find something to complain about. Try being a nurse, you will be amazed at what there is to deal with, even if you are a "doctor". It is finding someone to address problems that is rare. Interesting that a “doctor ” wrote this. Nurses complain a lot, but the frequency seems to be in inverse proportion to the PAY and workload. Anyone subjected to the healthcare industry can find something to complain about. Try being a nurse, you will be amazed at what there is to deal with, even if you are a “doctor”. It is finding someone to address problems that is rare.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-70682 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-70682 One observation, of one instance of doctor-nurse interaction.<br/><br/>I was sitting in the recovery room of an outpatient surgery center after a procedure. Just a few feet away, the surgeon who'd just operated on me gave instructions to the recovery room nurse to schedule a follow-up appt. in two weeks.<br/><br/>The nurse replied, to my ears very politely and respectfully, "Should I schedule it with another attending? You're on vacation that week."<br/><br/>I was stunned by how the surgeon suddenly lit into her. "No, I want to see him!" he yelled. "If I'm not here that week, then make it in THREE WEEKS!!" Then he stormed off and the nurse, remaining professional throughout, came over to give me the post-op instructions.<br/><br/>If nurses have to put up with that kind of behavior very often, they have a right to complain...at least as far as I'm concerned. One observation, of one instance of doctor-nurse interaction.

I was sitting in the recovery room of an outpatient surgery center after a procedure. Just a few feet away, the surgeon who’d just operated on me gave instructions to the recovery room nurse to schedule a follow-up appt. in two weeks.

The nurse replied, to my ears very politely and respectfully, “Should I schedule it with another attending? You’re on vacation that week.”

I was stunned by how the surgeon suddenly lit into her. “No, I want to see him!” he yelled. “If I’m not here that week, then make it in THREE WEEKS!!” Then he stormed off and the nurse, remaining professional throughout, came over to give me the post-op instructions.

If nurses have to put up with that kind of behavior very often, they have a right to complain…at least as far as I’m concerned.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-70681 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-70681 This article is referring to professional life ... not an anonymous message board dealing with politics and the like. I am not a doctor and I am not a nurse, but I do work at a hospital. The doctors do not complain during work, but the nurses ... Wow! It can be really hard to work with SOME nurses because they let their horribly negative attitude get in the way of work. This drags down the work environment.<br/><br/>Now, if you come to an anonymous board that is meant to let off steam and try to judge how people conduct themselves professinally by that ... I would say you are a fool. This article is referring to professional life … not an anonymous message board dealing with politics and the like. I am not a doctor and I am not a nurse, but I do work at a hospital. The doctors do not complain during work, but the nurses … Wow! It can be really hard to work with SOME nurses because they let their horribly negative attitude get in the way of work. This drags down the work environment.

Now, if you come to an anonymous board that is meant to let off steam and try to judge how people conduct themselves professinally by that … I would say you are a fool.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-70679 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/do-nurses-complain-too-much.html#comment-70679 The irony of doctors saying ANYONE else complains too much is rich. The irony of doctors saying ANYONE else complains too much is rich.

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