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I start off my visits saying, “full transparency-I just went on a deep dive of articles that note women do not have their pain taken seriously at the doctors. I appreciate this clinic is an exception.” It’s a polite reminder, I hope.
As a full time nursing school student, this is real. Many of my classmates and I are looking to change this from the inside out. (I especially relate to the eardrum incident as something similar happened to me.) All this said, please get your vitals taken each apt (BP, temp, 02sat, pulse) because over time these values paint an average so that if something happens, those attending nurses know what is 'normal' for you. And yes skip the scale, it's only very specifically necessary (meds, fluid volume overload, etc.) There are some really good nurses coming and we understand it's a mess out there. We care about you and want you to feel heard.
I start off my visits saying, “full transparency-I just went on a deep dive of articles that note women do not have their pain taken seriously at the doctors. I appreciate this clinic is an exception.” It’s a polite reminder, I hope.
As a full time nursing school student, this is real. Many of my classmates and I are looking to change this from the inside out. (I especially relate to the eardrum incident as something similar happened to me.) All this said, please get your vitals taken each apt (BP, temp, 02sat, pulse) because over time these values paint an average so that if something happens, those attending nurses know what is 'normal' for you. And yes skip the scale, it's only very specifically necessary (meds, fluid volume overload, etc.) There are some really good nurses coming and we understand it's a mess out there. We care about you and want you to feel heard.