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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 369525" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have already gone to her twice over these problems. The first time she seemed truly shocked and asked other patients if they had problems with the nurse. I know because she called several friends of mine who all had problems with her. If the nurse thought you were on too many medications she would not pass on refill requests even from pharmacists. Several of my friends have had severe complications because maintenance medications were stopped abruptly. One ended up in a psychiatric hospital because her antidepressant was stopped by this nurse who felt that she should "get over it" and that depression is not a medical condition but a sign of weakness that you can just "get over" if you really "want" to. Another ended up in the ER with seizures because a medication that prevents headaches is also an anti seizure medication and was stopped by this nurse's decision that if you have more than 3 medications the oldest one needs to be stopped immediately.</p><p></p><p>The doctor was shocked, esp because the nurse noted in each chart that a specialist was treating the problem. In NO case that I know of did the person see a specialist. It was a big mess.</p><p></p><p>The next one she said they "dropped the ball". However this is a big practice with many docs in many offices. I fail to see how any doctor can consistently wind up with nurses who act this way unless the doctor uses poor quality control methods. I generally would NEVER ask a doctor to do tests with-o an office visit unless I had already spoken to her about it. The doctor said it was no big deal to order the lab work with-o seeing her first. ALL the visit would do is have her write the order for the tests. Instead the doctor wanted me to call to ask to have the tests ordered. It was when I called and heard nothing after several calls that I got upset. </p><p></p><p>I will call a new doctor tomorrow. I don't want to spend $20 to address her administrative problems and then spend $20 more to see a new doctor. Having brought this to her twice before, I don't feel it is worth the energy to continue to address her staffing problems. Other docs in the practice do not have nurses that act this way. My rheumy and endocrine docs work for teh same company and they have incredible staffs. </p><p></p><p>Thanks all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 369525, member: 1233"] I have already gone to her twice over these problems. The first time she seemed truly shocked and asked other patients if they had problems with the nurse. I know because she called several friends of mine who all had problems with her. If the nurse thought you were on too many medications she would not pass on refill requests even from pharmacists. Several of my friends have had severe complications because maintenance medications were stopped abruptly. One ended up in a psychiatric hospital because her antidepressant was stopped by this nurse who felt that she should "get over it" and that depression is not a medical condition but a sign of weakness that you can just "get over" if you really "want" to. Another ended up in the ER with seizures because a medication that prevents headaches is also an anti seizure medication and was stopped by this nurse's decision that if you have more than 3 medications the oldest one needs to be stopped immediately. The doctor was shocked, esp because the nurse noted in each chart that a specialist was treating the problem. In NO case that I know of did the person see a specialist. It was a big mess. The next one she said they "dropped the ball". However this is a big practice with many docs in many offices. I fail to see how any doctor can consistently wind up with nurses who act this way unless the doctor uses poor quality control methods. I generally would NEVER ask a doctor to do tests with-o an office visit unless I had already spoken to her about it. The doctor said it was no big deal to order the lab work with-o seeing her first. ALL the visit would do is have her write the order for the tests. Instead the doctor wanted me to call to ask to have the tests ordered. It was when I called and heard nothing after several calls that I got upset. I will call a new doctor tomorrow. I don't want to spend $20 to address her administrative problems and then spend $20 more to see a new doctor. Having brought this to her twice before, I don't feel it is worth the energy to continue to address her staffing problems. Other docs in the practice do not have nurses that act this way. My rheumy and endocrine docs work for teh same company and they have incredible staffs. Thanks all. [/QUOTE]
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