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To: GeronL
There are a few doctors whose bedside manner is not the best...One of the hospitals I worked at this doctor was called in as consult on a patient who was morbidly obese...

He walked into her room, told her she was too fat and if she didn't lose weight it would kill her. He then walked out...Hard news for patient, but total truth. He was not know to pussy foot around a problem. He charted exactly what he told her....patient charts are legal documents. And once something is written it cannot be white out or crossed off...not even on nurse notes..

If you are charting progress or problems with a patient, you can draw a line through what is written, but it must still be readable and then you have to initial it...

This doctor was a dozie..

40 posted on 02/13/2010 9:06:10 PM PST by goat granny
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To: goat granny

Maybe the NZ doctor also works on sheep. Sheepherders probably pay better than NZ Nationalized health.


48 posted on 02/13/2010 10:08:06 PM PST by GeronL (Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
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To: goat granny

Dozy is a nice way of putting it. He is an enemy within.


64 posted on 02/13/2010 11:01:08 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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