My hospital(ist) rant
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wrote on 10 Jul 2024, 21:46 last edited by
Still got your license?
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wrote on 10 Jul 2024, 21:52 last edited by
@Jolly said in My hospital(ist) rant:
Still got your license?
Nope.
Not worth the expense of renewal, cost of CME, and pharmacies (esp Medicare) frown on prescribing for kin, or anyone with whom I don't have a professional relationship.
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wrote on 10 Jul 2024, 21:58 last edited by Jolly 7 Oct 2024, 21:59
Frown? Unless you're doing controlled substances I don't see why they would care.
Could always do doc-in-a-box a couple of days/week and pay for the expense. You'd be a helluva lot better than any NP could be.
I do keep trying to shove you back in through the EXIT door, don't I?
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Frown? Unless you're doing controlled substances I don't see why they would care.
Could always do doc-in-a-box a couple of days/week and pay for the expense. You'd be a helluva lot better than any NP could be.
I do keep trying to shove you back in through the EXIT door, don't I?
wrote on 10 Jul 2024, 22:01 last edited by@Jolly said in My hospital(ist) rant:
Could always do doc-in-a-box a couple of days/week and pay for the expense. You'd be a helluva lot better than any NP could be.
I do keep trying to shove you back in through the EXIT door, don't I?
Hard, hard nope.
Doing peds? Ladies with abdominal pain? Earaches? Runny noses?
Nope.
I could do simple ortho (put a cast on) and simple sutures. Nothing else.
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@Jolly said in My hospital(ist) rant:
Could always do doc-in-a-box a couple of days/week and pay for the expense. You'd be a helluva lot better than any NP could be.
I do keep trying to shove you back in through the EXIT door, don't I?
Hard, hard nope.
Doing peds? Ladies with abdominal pain? Earaches? Runny noses?
Nope.
I could do simple ortho (put a cast on) and simple sutures. Nothing else.
wrote on 10 Jul 2024, 22:04 last edited by@George-K said in My hospital(ist) rant:
@Jolly said in My hospital(ist) rant:
Could always do doc-in-a-box a couple of days/week and pay for the expense. You'd be a helluva lot better than any NP could be.
I do keep trying to shove you back in through the EXIT door, don't I?
Hard, hard nope.
Doing peds? Ladies with abdominal pain? Earaches? Runny noses?
Nope.
I could do simple ortho (put a cast on) and simple sutures. Nothing else.
Ok, you're hired!
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wrote on 10 Jul 2024, 22:06 last edited by kluurs 7 Oct 2024, 22:06
heh heh... don't look back... There's a reason a lot of people have left the field of battle.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2024, 01:35 last edited by Jolly 7 Nov 2024, 12:34
One of the docs I used to work with, was our ED Director for several years, until he decided he actually wanted a life. He went into the urgent care biz. He does a pretty good job and runs some pretty good numbers, because he:
- Tries to staff his urgent cares (he has 4 or 5) with docs, if possible. If not, there is at least a couple of docs working at any given time. There is always a doc at his main place.
- His main urgent care has a Piccolo (great little chemistry machines, can do a full CMP/ liver enzymes/Troponin), a CBC machine with an automated diff, dipstick urinalysis and a bevy of LFT waived testing (flu/covid/strep/mono).
- His main urgent care also has an Xray and CT machine.
- Even his smaller shops have CBC, waived LFT, BMP, Troponin and xray capability.
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