http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/ep-monthlys-features/ A blog from inside the emergency department Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/ep-monthlys-features/#comment-11740 Nurse K Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:02:34 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3217#comment-11740 The scribes hide in their corner and don't talk to us EVER. I can't tell you the name of any particular scribe. I'm not even sure who their boss is. If one of them came out of the shadows and said they were not happy asking questions of the patient on behalf of the physician, I'd tell them to politely explain their job description to the physician and, if that didn't work, to talk to the medical director. Since I don't mind expressing myself, I'd help that person out if I could. They're pretty much there for med school references and to pad their admission resume (and are probably fearful of questioning a doctor as I was in college), so I'd stick up for 'em. The scribes hide in their corner and don’t talk to us EVER. I can’t tell you the name of any particular scribe. I’m not even sure who their boss is. If one of them came out of the shadows and said they were not happy asking questions of the patient on behalf of the physician, I’d tell them to politely explain their job description to the physician and, if that didn’t work, to talk to the medical director. Since I don’t mind expressing myself, I’d help that person out if I could. They’re pretty much there for med school references and to pad their admission resume (and are probably fearful of questioning a doctor as I was in college), so I’d stick up for ‘em.

]]> http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/ep-monthlys-features/#comment-11643 paul Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:52:30 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3217#comment-11643 ugh. please tell me the expanded 4.5 hour window won't be widely adopted. ugh. please tell me the expanded 4.5 hour window won’t be widely adopted.

]]> http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/ep-monthlys-features/#comment-11642 Logan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:41:02 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3217#comment-11642 That brings up a good point. What system is typically in place for a scribe (or anyone else in the ED) to address a problem within the doctor-scribe work relationship? Nurse K, in your situation, can the scribe bring up this issue with anyone in leadership? That brings up a good point. What system is typically in place for a scribe (or anyone else in the ED) to address a problem within the doctor-scribe work relationship? Nurse K, in your situation, can the scribe bring up this issue with anyone in leadership?

]]> http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/ep-monthlys-features/#comment-11641 Nurse K Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:32:10 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3217#comment-11641 Our docs like the scribes, but Dr. Big Work-Up likes to ask the scribes to ask all the questions on the standard template while he leaves the room and does whatever, like not saving those with tension pneumos and things of that nature. Our docs like the scribes, but Dr. Big Work-Up likes to ask the scribes to ask all the questions on the standard template while he leaves the room and does whatever, like not saving those with tension pneumos and things of that nature.

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