Originally Posted by
amberdouglas
I've reported a MD for a similar episode. AN infectious disease doc, i got positive blood cultures back on a patient in the middle of the night, called them in to him (he was on call for himself that night) because that is an alert value. he yelled at me for waking him up for something "trivial." he told me that he wouldn't be consulted if the patient didn't have an infection and that it shouldn't be a surprise for the patient to have positive blood cultures. then he told me i should never have called him, i should have called the attending! like I said, it was an alert value, i explained that to him and the policy for calling alert values to the appropriate physician, and since he was ID that was him. he then hung up on me without even stating "no orders." I reported him. Thats what i recommend you do. Nurses should never have to be treated with disrespect from another professional.