 Hi guys, so I wanted you to make a video on calling doctors. How to call doctors, what to say, what to do, when you should call doctors, well not really when because it's so different. But this is kind of something that's intimidating. It was intimidating to me when I first started as a nurse. It still can be a little intimidating depending on who the doctor is. And the thing that you should know is that no matter who the doctor is or what their personality is, so some doctors super approachable. You could go up to them and be like, what up doc? The patient in room 15 is starting to bleed from their mouth just to let you know. Just making something up. And then some docs you have to be very professional and give them all the facts and be ready and all those things. So there are certain doctors that you can approach more casually and some that you need to be more professional. And that's obviously something you'll learn as you get to know the doctors that work in your hospital where you're at. So the thing you should always keep in mind is no matter how mean a doctor may be or nice a doctor may be, don't let that ever compromise your patient's care. Some doctors it's hard to go and talk with them because they're going to be rude to you back and it's hard to go ask them questions or express things to them. And you can't let that be a barrier to not bring something to their attention when you know it's something that you should be reporting to them or bringing up to their attention. That's a really hard thing to do when doctors become unapproachable and I could go on and on about this topic but my theory is I like to be nice to everyone. I don't like to be rude to people and it doesn't matter if I'm having the worst day of my life, I'm still not an ass to people. And some doctors just have this complex where they think that they're better than you, they have higher education than you and so that you need to be their servant, I don't know, whatever it may be. Some doctors are just played right down, right rude to you and disrespectful. Let's just get that out of the way, we know that's going to happen when you work in the healthcare setting. So now let's talk about how to call doctors or talk with doctors. So the first thing is be prepared, you need to know what you're telling them and then kind of anticipate what they're going to ask. If you're going to bring to a doctor's attention that you've noticed that they have bloody stools, you need to be knowing is this the first time is, you know, have they been having it frequently? What color is it? What is their most recent lab values like the hemoglobin and hematocrit to show like, are they losing blood? What's their admitting diagnosis? You need to kind of have those things prepared or at least try to be in front of a computer or something to be able to quickly pull up that information. You need to be clear and concise. So when you're calling or talking to a doctor, they have lots of patients. So you can't just be like, hey, the guy, that patient I have in room five. Well, they may not know that patient in room five. You need to give name, room, and I usually will say, like, oh, he's the patient that was admitted on the 12th for this, this and this. Do you remember? Oh, don't mind. Dog tail. And they'll usually, do you mind? That's what I'm dealing with. Hey, don't be so cranky and doctors usually will like not interrupt you. But like if they know who the patient is, they'll usually like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Okay, go on. You don't need to like finish saying, oh, and they're going to say this for this, this, this and this. They're going to be like, get to the point. I'm busy. So the best thing is just be prepared. Know what you're going to say and what information they may ask. Some things I like to do when I'm calling doctors that I know will like hang up on you or are rude is I'll like write down a list of like, I need to tell them this, this, this and this. So that way when they're talking with me, I can be like, check, get that off the list, get off the list. And that way like it's not like I hang up and it's like, oh my gosh, I forgot to ask or tell them this. And then I have to call back and be like, sorry, I forgot. And then they're like annoyed with you. But you know, if you have to do that, you have to do that. And you know, I hate to say it, but doctors can just suck it up when nurses have to call them. Is she working in the ICU? Like, I'm not just calling to tell you that the patient got an alley. I'm calling to tell you that their blood pressure is 60 over 30, and I've done this, this and this, and it hasn't worked. So you know, most doctors are very appreciative that you've brought these things to their attention, but some are not, and that's just how it is. It's just like there's good nurses and there's bad nurses. Hey, can you not chew it on this weaker? Thank you guys for watching this video. Make sure you give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel, and I'll see you guys next time. Bye.