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Originally Posted by Troxx
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It's all over the place really. Of those I've known I'd say about 25% follow my line of thought/behavior, 50% are more neutral and 25% are patriarchal to the nth degree (many of these are frankly dicks).
Do I tell them what to do? Yes and no. I direct the patient care and am ultimately the individual most responsible. We call them orders for a reason. If anyone on my team disagrees (nurse, respiratory therapist. technician, whomever) we pause and discuss/debrief immediately. Most of the time all it takes is explanation and we're back on track, but there have been occasions where a different perspective has saved the bacon of both myself and other docs I've known. This is especially true for seasoned and highly specialized ICU nurses (both pediatric and adult), oncology nurses, and obstetrics nurses. We're all human ... and humans make errors (at all levels of care). They watch my back. I watch theirs.
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I hope I end up working with people like you then or at least that first 75%. If I only have personality conflicts with roughly 1 in 4 doctors I think I can make it work. Thank you for the inside perspective.