02-09-2024, 11:24 AM
This thread brings up an important point I always tell interns / junior residents: don't rock the boat. Residency is not the time to take a stand and change the system. Multiply this by 100x if you have been formally warned of some behavior or your performance before.
You have a chief that's an asshole? Grit your teeth, take it for the year that you have to, make note of what not to do when you're in charge.
You feel like an attending is doing questionably indicated cases? Not your business, take care of the patient to the best of your ability and move on.
A nurse is rude to you? Of course they were. Tell them "thank you so much for your help," smile and move on.
A resident dumps call on you? Just take the call, it's 24 hours out of 7 years, you won't even remember it happened as an attending. Making a big commotion about it, complaining to the chair, and mentioning your work hours restriction is the exact way to get on everyone's secret shit list.
Just know that every time you fight with anyone, get reported, get called to the PD or chair's office, you're putting your career in jeopardy. It's a decision that can cost you millions of dollars. Even if OP gets back into a nsg residency and graduates, the cost of missed year of salary as an attending plus interest over a career is astronomical (not to pile on OP, very sorry about what happened to you). Don't lose sight of the real goal here.
You have a chief that's an asshole? Grit your teeth, take it for the year that you have to, make note of what not to do when you're in charge.
You feel like an attending is doing questionably indicated cases? Not your business, take care of the patient to the best of your ability and move on.
A nurse is rude to you? Of course they were. Tell them "thank you so much for your help," smile and move on.
A resident dumps call on you? Just take the call, it's 24 hours out of 7 years, you won't even remember it happened as an attending. Making a big commotion about it, complaining to the chair, and mentioning your work hours restriction is the exact way to get on everyone's secret shit list.
Just know that every time you fight with anyone, get reported, get called to the PD or chair's office, you're putting your career in jeopardy. It's a decision that can cost you millions of dollars. Even if OP gets back into a nsg residency and graduates, the cost of missed year of salary as an attending plus interest over a career is astronomical (not to pile on OP, very sorry about what happened to you). Don't lose sight of the real goal here.