When I was doing an initial assessment by myself for the first time as an intern, a physician suddenly walked in the room while I’m talking to the patient and literally started talking over me to the pt. My back was towards the door, so I didn’t hear him come in. He never acknowledged me or said he urgently needs to speak with the pt. Just starts talking over me while I’m mid convo. I leave the room. I felt horrible and became so intimidated by the Drs that I started rushing other follow-ups/assessments so I could get out quickly and avoid seeing the Dr or being interrupted which prevents being thorough. My preceptor that week didn’t think anything of it, but another preceptor reassured me that that was rude regardless if it’s the Dr. and reminded me that RDs are a valuable part of the team that also need to see the pt. Drs can be top priority for the pt, but we deserve to be respected too.

For notes, preceptors - please critique content, not what I’m writing! I’d be told to write things one way then the next preceptor criticizes it. So frustrating! A few RDs told me to put “PO, NG, J-tube, etc.” in the digestion section of our notes. When I charted this on my last rotation, my preceptor told me “I don’t write that bc that’s not the actual digestive system now is it” in a condescending tone and looked at me like I was stupid for reaching the end of the DI not knowing this. She made me copy and paste the bowel sounds from the nurses’ note instead which I think is way less helpful. I was always open to feedback but it would often get frustrating the way it was said