He constantly tells residents to seek out nurses, who can often provide valuable help in any situation. It's such a no-brainer. Not all residents see it that way, however. As a result, trainees often treat nurses as inferiors and fail to seek their advice, which helps to foster bad feelings. They have a lot of important information.
Nurses often have a different focus than physicians, in part because they see patients more.
In addition, nurses know the hospital, the ward and its procedures inside and out. Learning to work with nurses and to take advantage of their experience and expertise will not only smooth out the workday, but will make residents better doctors. Here are some tips to improve your working relationship with nurses, and how to get the most out of their experience and their very different relationship with patients. Communicate clearly and directly. Learning to communicate can go a long way toward building trust, according to Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN, assistant professor of gerontological nursing at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's nursing school in Philadelphia.