"As a new graduate, one of my biggest challenges has been calling a physician on the phone. I often feel flustered and unsure ...

As civilians, our daily conundrums aren't necessarily life or death. But as nurses, they could be. So when you see a doctor doing ...

We had a minor emergency on our hands the other night that required surgical intervention. I intervened and called a doc for another ...

I think #7 may be the most important: Develop a thick skin. But the rest of these ideas will serve you well when ...

It's not all about following SBARQ; what can we do to improve communication between nurses and doctors?

I have taken an interest to this particular debate, since I am a current Nurse Practitioner student who will eventually hold a Doctorate ...

“If you ever yell at me or are disrespectful again, you will be running the back office all by yourself.”

Is there a competitive flavor to the MD/nurse relationship that keeps us butting heads, even at our own doctor appointments?

"Nurse, heal thyself"...this is possible sometimes, but not when we need an rx for something! Even the best nurse needs a doctor sometimes. ...

I've been around the block, and I'd say no other hospital relationship is more cantankerous, it seems, than the nurse-doctor one.