#pharmblr

Today I ran into the office to grab something and checked my physical inbox, in which there was a paper request asking me to scan a QR code and enter an ID number to authorize a script (I can't remember if it was for DME or meds)

I had several problems with this:

1. I'm with the Boomers on this one, QR codes are a PITA and I hate them and refuse to use them

2. I don't have a work cell, only a personal one, and honestly more of my work goes onto my personal phone than I'd like, so I'm not jumping to have more

3. This sounds like a scam or a virus wanting to steal my identity, and tbh they can have it (I barely want my identity most days), but they're going to have to work harder at it

I wrote they need to send the request in another format, so we'll see what comes of it, but I being a backwoods hick about this? Are y'all scanning QR codes to fill requests? Is this the Next Big Thing?

Thank you in advance!

Luddite-ly,

antihistamines: what if your immune system calmed the fuck down?

opiates: what if EVERYTHING calmed down?

NSAIDs: what if we just blocked these enzymes?

A vat!!!! WHAT?? Please pump your coworker for more horror stories.

Antibiotic Ladder

Physician #1 is literally 80 years old. Comes to the unit, spends more time chatting with nurses about his grandchildren than reviewing charts. Has to be begged to sign med recs, and then often misses pages when signing. Hems and haws when asked to fill out any form related to patient care, even when they are required for discharge. Has over 100 charts that require discharge summaries sitting down in medical records, and is constantly being asked to come down to complete them. Had a patient on the unit in his care for 84 days who was discharged home, and when the guy came back a day later (failed discharge), the doc was like "I've never seen this man in my life. Are you sure he was mine?" Trying to get him to phone a family with an update is like pulling teeth from a fully-conscious crocodile.

Physician #2 is in his 60s, comes to the unit at the end of night shift so he can avoid talking to the daytime nursing staff. Bedside manner is truly abysmal – described by a patient as having the "demeanor of a bedpan" – and his attitude when speaking to staff is much the same. Regards any and all questions as an inconvenience, including questions about what he wants done re: critical lab values and results of diagnostic testing for his own patients. Med recs for stable patients will sit on the chart for days before he deigns to sign them. Is very vague about plan for patient care when asked, which leads to patients sitting in hospital for days and days without having any additional testing or treatment of any sort. I have worked in this facility for over a year and have seen him once.

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