Photo credit: Justin Hackworth
Every day except Tuesdays, I go to clinic and see children and adults who want help with their healthcare. Sometimes the doc can help. Sometimes he/she can't.
And sometimes, it seems like as a patient, you are put through so much trying to get to the bottom of things and/or trying one treatment after another that you begin to look back on your original complaint with fondness.
Being a good provider has a lot to do with having a good patient. Learning to be an effective patient is of tremendous help to the NP or MD. So...coming in a future post: Patient tips to maximize the NP's ability to accurately diagnose the problem while minimizing the discomfort.
4 comments:
I look forward to learning how I can be a good patient!
Jenni, what a great idea to give the patient tips. And, this picture is really awesome!
Awesome photo. It is so, well, you!
Jenni,
Can't wait to hear your tips. On a market level, as a "consumer" (aka patient) I would love to have a traveling NP or midwife or someone that would come to my house to do well-child exams. I would also love to have more options and education about vaccines i.e. having no preservative / refridgerated vaccines have been developed (or so I've heard) but whenever I bring that up to pedi's they draw a blank.
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