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Originally Posted by ssmith
I am a nurse or was a nurse up north. My doctor was always late. He never rested or loaf.
The reason he was late is that he cared for his patients. I don't know how many times he would be done with an exam only to have a patient start in on many many issues. This of course would make him late for the next patient. It would be one thing if he was in and out of the room but all too often he would find or discover a problem that would need more time and follow up or the patient would be scheduled for a yearly and then start asking him to remove moles etc etc and all of that took extra time. https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...milies/bow.gif
The patient that was waiting would get his full attention when he was in the room with them.
BTW I tried to always let my patients know what was going on and bring them magazines to read.
I am not saying this is the case down here but it is my experience.
Also if the doctor is not in the office yet....he may be at the hospital taking care of someone. |
I appreciate it when a nurse or office staff lets the patients know what is going on. The GI I had an appointment with last summer was an hour late getting to the office, and it was not because of any emergency. I know this because his procedure scheduler told me that the doctor had changed the time he normally arrives after lunch, and yet the person who schedules the appointments just kept right on putting patients in for that hour that he was never going to be there.
In this case, the staff made an announcement to the room that the GI would be over an hour late, and we would have the choice to reschedule or see the PA. I chose the PA as I had already cleared the decks for this appointment and needed to get the procedure scheduled in a timely fashion due to upcoming travel.
And that brings up another problem... sure, you can get up and leave, but you've gone out of your way to make room in your schedule for this particular appointment, and the doctor should do the same. Now you have to start back at square one.
There are good doctors here that don't overbook. If you go to a doctor more than twice and have to wait too long, you can search for another doctor.