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Aristus

(66,096 posts)
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 01:17 AM Dec 2018

I had a monstrously busy day in clinic.

I'm beat...

I had visits with three patients that were so complex, they essentially billed out as hospital visits.

I went eighteen rounds with a drug-seeker, who finally gave in and allowed me to plan an appropriate treatment protocol for him.

And I'm trying to let the new clinic manager know how little I respect him without either rolling my eyes or coming right out and saying he's a doorknob. (He's an ex-cop who still thinks like a cop, instead of thinking like a medical clinic manager...)

Please God, get me through tomorrow.

I need a drink...

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I had a monstrously busy day in clinic. (Original Post) Aristus Dec 2018 OP
sounds like you need a first aid kit diva77 Dec 2018 #1
You certainly need a drink! Stonepounder Dec 2018 #2
Listen to Stonepounder! pazzyanne Dec 2018 #3
I've worked for an ex-cop in the past. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #4
Sorry about today. In_The_Wind Dec 2018 #5
Oh, Aristus, I feel for you. 3catwoman3 Dec 2018 #6
How does one go from law enforcement TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #7
I wish I knew. Aristus Dec 2018 #8

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
2. You certainly need a drink!
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 03:58 AM
Dec 2018

Just know that we patients, even though we don't always remember to thank you, are grateful for the services you provide - not just the medical expertise, but also (and especially) those of you who take the time to recognize us a people, who listen and actually hear is, and who have the ability to answer us in a way we can understand.

Having a boss/manager who isn't up to the job just makes it that much worse for you. Hang in there and know that your patients need you.

pazzyanne

(6,519 posts)
3. Listen to Stonepounder!
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 04:22 AM
Dec 2018

The nail has been hit on the head! I am thankful to have a doctor similar to what you described, and I am alive today because of her. I am sure that there are many patients you see that feel that you are doing the same for them. Focus on the good, not the negative. We need you to stay sane and to keep on doing the fantastic job you do.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,321 posts)
4. I've worked for an ex-cop in the past.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 04:28 AM
Dec 2018

It was clear that after 25 years or whatever of having people do exactly what he told them to do exactly when he told them to do it, he just didn't get it how that behavior didn't translate to the business world.

He isn't likely to change.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
6. Oh, Aristus, I feel for you.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 12:05 PM
Dec 2018

There are days I leave the pediatric office physically and mentally exhausted. I arrive at 9, seldom leave before 6:30, and usually have 2-3 hours of computer charting to do after I get home.

I am so glad I only work 2 days a week.

I'm 67. Thoughts of retirement grow ever more tempting. 42 years in the trenches is a long time.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
8. I wish I knew.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 01:15 PM
Dec 2018

So I could effect a reversal of the situation.

He's too "Don't move, and keep your hands where I can see them!" for me...

With any luck, he'll bounce soon, like the rest of them.

I've lost track of how many clinic managers I've outlasted.

I actually told him that to his face.

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