Five Minutes with Sandy Mooney, RN

One of these will cure your headache…

Did you ever notice that when you tell a psychiatrist his patient is totally non-compliant in taking his medication, he raises the medication dosage?

Did you ever notice that some doctors, no matter how you try to help them, do the opposite? If you have the suture set open and the local ready, they ask for the steri strips.  But if you don’t have it out, they ask, “Where’s the suture set?”

Did you ever notice that some patients and family members won’t take your professional advice, but will take advice from a neighbor or friend?

Did you ever notice that the majority of patients who come into your clinic five minutes before closing have problems they’ve had for a week or more?

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