Does your pedi's office. . .

GuitaristsGirl

Make you go through everything with the nurse before you see the dr.?  Mine does, and it drive me nuts.  I'm wondering if this is the exception or the norm. . .

At every single appt I spend the first 10 minutes telling the nurse all of my questions and concerns, DS's symptoms, etc. - then do the same dang thing again with the pedi. 

It has always irritated me, but I've been trying to learn to deal. 

But then!  Today, I was supposed to call and let them know how a treatment prescribed 2 weeks ago was working -- and I had to go through the same thing with the phone nurse!  It was a 16 minute phone call, when all I really wanted to say (and did say several times) was "It isn't working, can I just talk to the dr. about all this??"  No, she had to give the dr. a message first. 

She ended up calling back and saying the dr. wants to see us. . . so I have no doubt that we'll go to the appt, rehash everything with another nurse, and then finally see the dr. who hopefully actually remember DS/ his case and will have relevant questions for us (vs. form questions read off a piece of paper or computer screen).

I usually love the phone nurse system as it keeps us from having to make an appt and run in for every little thing/issue/question. . . but my fuse is sooooo past short today (due to exhaustion resulting from the sleep issues mentioned below!) that this experience really just has me spewing some un-ladly-like language about right now

CMM05

Not really. The nurse calls us in and does the vitals and just says, "why are you here?"

I quickly say: high fever, possible ear infection, etc. and leave it at that. She/he jots it down, then enters it into the computer so the doc knows why we are there. I leave all questions and more details for the doctor.

Maybe just be shorter with the conversation????? 

soccerwife

No - the nurse does their height/weight and that's it.