tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15944817.post8870915152050489629..comments2023-09-22T10:56:55.046-07:00Comments on What school doesn't teach about being a nurse practitioner: Oh give me a homenewFNPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618284466716062799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15944817.post-79410207800197451492009-03-07T05:57:00.000-08:002009-03-07T05:57:00.000-08:00So, our clinic is getting funding to be a medical ...So, our clinic is getting funding to be a medical home (yes, they have reluctantly agreed to allow the 1200+ patients who consider me their only PCP to continue doing so without the need for a MD to "oversee" their care) and it is turning into an exercise in futility. All the other funded practices are in the 'burbs and have no problem integrating email into their model while we're still figuring out how to get one more phone line specifically for making appointments. But hell, there's grant money a-flowin' and lots of eyes looking at us. If that alone brings some attention to the plight of community health centers, then we've done our job. Hang in there sister... our idealism got us through all those Child Development lectures. It's bound to resurface sometime!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15944817.post-11062996235024972312009-03-06T18:01:00.000-08:002009-03-06T18:01:00.000-08:00I also have patients who will wait for me. I even ...I also have patients who will wait for me. I even have a patient who had chest pain at home and refused to go to the hospital unless I said it was okay to go because he trusted me that much. Lord! Don't wait for me, just call the ambulance and go so that you don't keel over...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879069463960748178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15944817.post-11363985913340937892009-03-04T14:12:00.000-08:002009-03-04T14:12:00.000-08:00i love you. i love your idealismness too. you keep...i love you. i love your idealismness too. you keep me plugging away at this get into np school thing. but can you explain what a medical house is? thx!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15944817.post-18932732539447194922009-02-25T12:53:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:53:00.000-08:00Well, on the good side, you have patients who aren...Well, on the good side, you have patients who aren't dead and they like you, so clearly you are doing more than something right.<BR/><BR/>Right?<BR/><BR/>And the schedule thing? Dream on. Easy + Efficiency Enhancing + Logical = NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.DamselFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609237417738825530noreply@blogger.com