I just finished a night shift and I’m genuinely SOO triggered by this interaction. I had 8 patients to receive handover for and, due to an absolute mess with ward allocations, had to receive handover from FOUR different nurses. While the PM nurse and I were mid-handover, a doctor approached us saying, “Your patient is buzzing for you, why aren’t you attending?” We explained we were doing handover. She seemed visibly irritated and responded that she’d answered the call bell herself, given the patient water and changed her gown and linens because she’d spilt water on herself. She then approached us AGAIN minutes later, telling us to prioritise call bells before handover. Mind you, we were still giving handover at ANOTHER patient’s bedside, who was deteriorating and had multiple complications. We eventually went to receive handover for the patient who had been buzzing, and for a THIRD time, the doctor approached us in the patient’s room to lecture us again. she said something along the lines of “I’m not telling you how to do your job, but when patients press the call bell, you’re supposed to answer it and prioritise helping them before handover.” At this point, we were both visibly irritated and just completely ignored her and continued with handover. But guess what? THE PATIENT WAS NBM DUE TO ASPIRATION RISK!! I’m not sure where you would get the audacity to lecture let alone disturb a handover over a pt spilling water over themselves?.. I’m quite hot-headed and stayed quiet because I knew if I opened my mouth, I’d probably have been sent home. Look, I appreciate her helping the patient, but why are you answering my patients call bells? and ontop of that repeatedly approaching us to lecture us about it? And why are you giving my patient water without first establishing their swallowing status? I’ve literally just started my shift. I have 8 patients and my priority is receiving a proper handover so I can safely take over their care. This is EXACTLY why handover is important. How am I supposed to safely care for a patient if I have no idea about their clinical status, precautions or current issues? I have absolutely no issue with doctors helping patients, but repeatedly approaching nursing staff to lecture them about it? Do you want a round of applause and a pat on the back for helping a patient? Am I missing something here? Since when are we expected to abandon handover to answer every call bell? Surely there’s room for some critical thinking and prioritisation.   submitted by   /u/Peace_cherryblossom [link]   [comments]