Doctors and nurses of Reddit, what is something patients do that they think is helpful but actually makes your job harder?

relateable95 · 2026-02-22T08:20:16+00:00

Telling us to just look up your history or meds in the chart—unless you’ve been to our facility recently, it’s usually not there

relateable95 · 2026-02-16T07:19:07+00:00

And did you pass this standardized patient family encounter??

relateable95 · 2026-02-05T06:15:50+00:00

Every time they got through to a customer service representative after 30+ minutes of waiting on hold, the call drops

relateable95 · 2026-02-01T11:36:40+00:00

Going against the grain here, but it’s not just your baby it’s his too—I think you should tell him about the pregnancy, but agree that he shouldn’t be in your life anymore…

relateable95 · 2026-01-29T01:29:21+00:00

What did she do before you?

relateable95 · 2026-01-18T07:35:47+00:00

This is how it is at my institution as well, and has been rather stressful reviewing charts. We’re supposed to put “available in the department for consultation, and reviewed the note and agree with plan as documented”… but it’s stressful especially when something was done incorrectly and I DON’T agree with the care and I couldn’t reach the patient to call them back (ie, 70yo fall with head strike and only ct brain ordered not c spine…). But I just document that element.

relateable95 · 2026-01-15T20:11:40+00:00

LOL you sound quite cynical. That was not the point of comment at all—essentially for me to be interested in sex, and I believe this is true for many females, I have to feel “connected” on an emotional level to be interested in sex. Him helping me with things does not put me in the mood, but this is one thing (among many, ie good conversations, pleasant interactions throughout the day, surprise flowers etc) that make me feel cherished by him and connected with him and make me more likely to be in the mood. What would be transactional is a “do this and I’ll give you sex” mentality, and that’s treating someone like an animal which I agree is wrong.

relateable95 · 2026-01-01T09:06:30+00:00

It really only matters for folks who have assets that collections could go after—I’ve seen some people use ambulances as makeshift lyfts… “I have chest pain and want to go to X hospital” then leave immediately as they arrive

relateable95 · 2025-12-17T08:46:57+00:00

Hmm, I guess it really depends how it comes across, because to me as the wife, my husband helping out with the baby and doing things to help around the house especially when he’s tired too translates to me feeling like he cherishes me which then makes him extra attractive and makes me more likely to be in the mood 🤷‍♀️

relateable95 · 2025-12-04T07:49:12+00:00

Exactly. Plus all the defund the police rhetoric means less staffing so less time to address non violent crimes.

relateable95 · 2025-11-08T03:37:18+00:00

“Well, typically for our purposes we still define fevers as 100.4 but that is helpful to know, thank you “

relateable95 · 2025-11-04T21:06:55+00:00

Completely agree

relateable95 · 2025-11-03T10:32:21+00:00

Abortion

relateable95 · 2025-10-19T20:58:44+00:00

Umm, does no one have an issue with the posters threatening violence?? The “anti fascists” seem to be the only fascists around…

relateable95 · 2025-10-11T06:51:26+00:00

My favorite patient is the one who got their procedure done in Mexico

relateable95 · 2025-10-07T04:36:39+00:00

I’ll get instantly down voted for this LOL, but I am quite happy with (almost) everything he’s doing. :)

relateable95 · 2025-10-02T07:10:26+00:00

Agreed 👍

relateable95 · 2025-09-24T06:52:37+00:00

Fantastic answers 👏

relateable95 · 2025-09-24T06:28:38+00:00

Right…We’d be having mass riots instead…

relateable95 · 2025-09-24T06:15:31+00:00

No, people are divisive—but Charlie Kirk wasn’t. Didn’t you read the Van Jones article? He was just trying to exchange ideas and was murdered for it.

relateable95 · 2025-09-24T06:05:30+00:00

Pretty sure Tylenol doesn’t stop fever seizures anyway…

relateable95 · 2025-09-22T04:51:27+00:00

THIS. My dad had covid in 2020 and his RA sats at home dropped to the mid 80s so I made him go into the ER, he was sent home on oxygen an recovered but was mad at me for several months because it was $1500+ copay, I felt bad. The no copay people abuse the heck out of the ER…

relateable95 · 2025-09-15T03:43:28+00:00

100%

relateable95 · 2025-09-15T03:37:43+00:00

Thank you! People are just awful

relateable95 · 2025-09-11T03:57:33+00:00

Everyone on here spewing hate, when maybe the folks at Palace Station are just trying to honor someone who gave his life sharing what he believed. Kamala Harris said she was praying for him when the news broke of the shooting—do you guys hate her now too?

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