Re: Patient education-- W

[Guest guest]

Hi I hope you are doing well. I am feeling so much better and

its wonderful. I still have pain but it is tolerable, as long as I

dont sneeze...LOL

Actually by definition it is the nurses job to treat the patients

response to illness or injury. To educate and be a patient

advocate. It is in the code we all say upon getting our degree. It

has always been a vvery important part of my practice. I hve seen

tons of nurses who do just the necessary tasks and are out the door.

The 'do your 8 and hit the gate' mentality. Never taking the time

necessary to go back to the patient after the doc has left to see if

there is anything else they need. Maybe I am just one of the few who

have done that. I dont know. I do know that none of the nurses is

any of my visits have ever come back to me after speaking with the

doc to check. Doctors who dont take the time to talk with me and

answer my questions will never see me again. I have dumped many of

them for just that. I will not be spoken to harshly or be patronized

either.

So many times patients leave the exam room and are heading down the

road and realize they had forgotten this or thaat to talk with the

doc about. Even I have. If a nurse comes back in and ask the pts if

they need anything, a good nurse could answer those or bring the doc

back in. Knowledge is power and the more empowered we are as

patients the better we can deal with illness and be as healthy as

possible. Good nurses know that; and I am all too aware of the time

crunch issues.

Good gawd girl, I need to go back to work...LOLOLOL

Take care and talk soon,

[Guest guest]

,

Whenever you go back to work, PLEASE let me know where! I will be one

of the first in line !!

Take care

Kris in TN