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07-22-2017, 12:38 PM | #16 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
Def about after hours. The Ped we used when our kids were young used an after hours sort of coop so you didnt have to go to ER. You would want to know which ones take call for your ped.Another thing to ask is about antibiotic policy.Since all of the latest points to only using if absolutely needed and if a bacteria has been cultured. A lot of Peds are very much on board with this some of the older ones still tend to use an RX for every sniffle
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07-22-2017, 02:30 PM | #17 | |
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I am glad that has worked for you but I definitely want to ask questions to get a feel for each doctor Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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07-22-2017, 03:40 PM | #18 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
Yes if you engage in a dialogue and ask questions it should give you a sense of whether they are a Ped that does respect a parent and their gut feelings and requests and listens or has a sort of "I am the Dr." attitude . One of the other things I liked about ours was you could email him with a question or concern and he would answer by email that same day by the evening time so you weren't having to have a nurse or front office person be a middle man and wait for a phone call back
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07-22-2017, 04:09 PM | #19 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
I always ask why they became a doctor and why peds.
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07-22-2017, 05:43 PM | #20 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
Oh, that's a really good one!
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07-25-2017, 04:34 AM | #21 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
Consultation with one practice this morning and another practice Thursday morning. Thanks to y'all, I am armed with some great questions!
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07-25-2017, 02:30 PM | #22 | |
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07-25-2017, 04:29 PM | #23 | |
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Yes! I can message mine through an app. Super awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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07-31-2017, 05:06 AM | #24 | |
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Thank you! That was really helpful I think I am lucky to live near a city with one of the best medical schools in the country- we are not lacking in doctors of all kinds here It's great having choices and being able to interview lots of doctors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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07-31-2017, 05:31 AM | #25 | |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
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For example, our ds had a tongue tie. We were referred to ENT at the children's hospital. They wanted to wait till he was 1 and clip under general anesthesia. In the mean time, bfing was difficult and painful but we managed. We went to an ENT outside of the hospital who had pediatric credentials but sees people of all ages. She snipped it immediately after seeing it. One visit, done. One drop of blood. That was only bleeding. He bf immediately and the ordeal was behind us. I got the impression that without general anesthesia, it is too difficult for residents to see how a tongue tie is trimmed.
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07-31-2017, 06:59 AM | #26 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
We also have a large teaching hospital in this town and in our experience best to avoid because they tend to over test and invasive test and the bedside manner nursing care is not always the best. Long waits in the outpatient clinics and less serious surgeries being bumped and that kind of thing. our grandson was followed for a foot surgery he had to have at age 1 and the appts waits were horrid. When they finally did schedule him for the surgery it was early in the day but he kept getting bumped and was nothing by mouth for waaay too long
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07-31-2017, 07:02 AM | #27 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
I'm sorry to hear about the negative experiences.
We don't use the hospital that's connected to the university/med school We use a different network of hospitals. But being here near the med school means there's no shortage of doctors and nurses, unlike in a more rural area Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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07-31-2017, 09:31 AM | #28 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
Yeah just threw that in there because some people equate the big teaching hospitals with the best dr.s and latest technology care and sometimes much better to use the other medical centers available
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07-31-2017, 06:25 PM | #29 |
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Re: Questions for Potential Pediatrician?
I find that true too about big university children's hospitals. We have a well known, well recognized university children's hospital about 2 hours from us straight down the highway or we can choose to drive 2 hours over state roads (minimal highway) to another children's hospital that better meets our family's needs. We choose to go to the second, even before we had family in the area.
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07-31-2017, 07:07 PM | #30 | |
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Ah gotcha. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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