Tuesday, August 29, 20063
How two doctors use computers differently
Check out these stark differences.
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Chris, RN
[..]"The nurse/cashier"[..] "This cashier..."[..]
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David
Chris, the author is writing in the first-person. I think he wrote about the "nurse/cashier" being a woman because she was, in fact, a woman, a nurse and the person that handled his payments. I'm not sure why you're reading sexism into it. It's an observation, not an assumption.
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Chris, RN
David,
Post a Comment"Yes," she replied. "But the computer could be wrong, she added.
That's real smart, miss, but did you know your calculator is also a computer?
I just love the public. The writer sees a "nurse/cashier." Of course the nurse/cashier is a girl! All girls are little more than nurse/cashiers and all boys are doctors!
12:43 PM
2:10 PM
When I worked in an office for a 7 physician practice, I did not have time to play cashier. I'm not above performing any task. I appreciate writing style however, there is a common assumption that Medical Assistants, Vocational Nurses or office clerks are "nurses" when in fact, my title has legal implications. In California, it is against the Nurse Practice Act for anyone to allow an assumption like that to go without correction.
Doctors get what they pay for. Obviously, if they insist on hiring staff who are not educated, trained or feel comfortable with technology, it leads to inefficient use of time, duplication of services, lost money, poor patient care, etc.
6:39 PM