tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816413964252528093.post2590800159766499970..comments2023-05-31T00:45:25.987-07:00Comments on Dethmama Chronicles: Articles of Interestdethmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490177974122552051noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816413964252528093.post-47952197044937850482008-09-16T13:43:00.000-07:002008-09-16T13:43:00.000-07:00@ Buck... Absolutely horrifying!!! The work enviro...@ Buck... <BR/><BR/>Absolutely horrifying!!! <BR/><BR/>The work environment that ignores and even supports behavior like this is just as sick and twisted as the offender.dethmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490177974122552051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816413964252528093.post-83146512807463914802008-09-15T20:51:00.000-07:002008-09-15T20:51:00.000-07:00It's nice someone is taking note of this. Of cours...It's nice someone is taking note of this. Of course, in a surgical setting it is often the surgeons who do most of the bullying. Many years ago I worked with a particularly foul surgeon and had the misfortune to have this gentleman get upset with a scrub student (this was a teaching hospital). He decided to show his displeasure by filling a bulb syringe with blood (we were doing a AV Fistula) and spraying me and the student I was overseeing in the face. I found out later, by chance, that the patient had MRSA. Interestingly, when I went in for transplant and had my nose swabbed I was positive for MRSA. No wonder after that. <BR/><BR/>I was going to file a formal complaint and after finding out about the MRSA, a criminal assault charge but was told by my Nurse manager if I did I could kiss my job goodbye. In her words "I can't fire you for that, but I can fire you for something else." <BR/><BR/>This surgeon had a history of physical violence. He'd thrown scalpels at people, shoved nurses and even other doctors, and threatened to beat up people who angered or inconvenienced him.<BR/><BR/>One weekend he wanted to do a minor case and was told he might be bumped because of an incoming trauma. He actually parked his truck on the chopper pad so the helicopter couldn't land and "bump" his case. He was a maniac. Yet, nothing was ever done about him. He was suspended briefly for the truck stunt but that was it. Any nurse who dared try to file a formal report was quickly told he/she would be out of work or the report was "lost" in the shuffle. Sad.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195661861205323477noreply@blogger.com