He was among our new orientees. While we despise the other one for being overly nice and over doing things as if he knows everything and to my words: he puts us in a bad light, the other one has emerged to be a total a**hole.
He acts as if he knows everything and does not want to listen to criticism or suggestions. Okay I get it, I have my share of “snaps” but this one is different. I am trying to stick to the standard so that no one would howl at me for doing something wrong or for not doing anything at all. I guess his orientation is wrong and I do not want to teach people who are not willing to learn. One thing is for sure though, I would not allow someone to drag me down because of his incompetency and yeah, lack of communication skills.

We were on graveyard shift yesterday and when we arrived the resident pulmonologist was at the ER already. He came and went most of the time which means that he was on call.
I do not know how long has he been on duty but it is hard to disregard his attitude towards distressed patients. He was so grumpy and made faces when patients were not looking.
I feel sorry for the patients.
Around 1:00 a.m. the patients has stopped pouring in the ER and after attending to a patient who has a brain attack, the resident vanished. I suppose he went to the on call room.
At past 6:00 a.m. a woman came in with stomach ache complaint and after the initial assessment has been made the nurse-on-duty phone the same resident. A few minutes has past and the doctor has emerged and I am surprised that he is calmer and accommodating considering that the patient who came has a complaint which is not a pulmonary case.
After another few minutes, another patient came in with yet again stomach complaint.
If lack of sleep really affects one’s attitude maybe it is about time that revision on the stretch of duty should be made. It is for the sake of the patient and the health of the person involved.