Dr's Chicken Scratch

[veN]

Why is it that...

the people responsible for writing REALLY important information down, have the messiest, most illegible writing ever?

I've spent the last 3 hours trying to figure out it says "brazil nuts" on my list of allergies. That's KINDA important guy! And I can decode children's invented spelling in their emergent writing. Geez.

*big sigh*

[Dean]

you earn the right to write like that as soon as your done your 8 years of school

[Play-it-hard]

Mine is exactly like that, with a really bad english accent, so on top of it i can't even understand what hes saying .. kinda just nod an smile

[miss.myra]

I have so much respect for pharmacists, I always wonder if they take courses in decyphering dr's writing!

Seriously, I wonder why they all have messy writing..is that a prequisite?

[mapleleaf4ever]

Ever notice that when the Police write their Tickets out that they also have horrible writing?

[Vitamin-X]

Yeah, script's are unlegable

I asked a pharmacist about it and they told me something along the line that they always call the doctors office for the info.
Apparently the chickenscratch has little to do with it.

[Tea]

Awwwww. Well, if you have to guess, is it possible to call tomorrow and see if you are right? It does seem important.

That is really frustrating tho...it happends to me all the time, and you can understand my frustration when they actually write the wrong thing down and you have to go all the way back and get it changed.

Hugssss. <3

[veN]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

I have so much respect for pharmacists, I always wonder if they take courses in decyphering dr's writing!

Seriously, I wonder why they all have messy writing..is that a prequisite?

Yeah! I was entertaining the thought that perhaps it's an elistist script that the pharmacists are fluent in. Its odd that they always need me to spell my name for them so that they can rewrite it underneath, but they seem able to understand what the actual prescription is. Or maybe they're guessing. Hah.

And T, I'm sure it's brazil nuts. I remembered later what he said and it fit the scribble. Gah.

[Gusto]

those brazil nuts are killers. :(

[galaxie]

lol
my doc wrote down some book I needed to get for relaxation exercises
I have NO IDEA
I searched through everything at Chapters.

damn doctors

[veN]

Originally Posted by kprojekt

Do they call them just nuts in brazil?

yes, actually. I believe they do.

[stephen_c]

don't hate doctors.

didn't ur doc verbally explain to u that u have that allergy?

[veN]

Originally Posted by stephen_c

don't hate doctors.

didn't ur doc verbally explain to u that u have that allergy?

yes, but along with a bunch of other allergies. and then told me how they interact with my seasonal allergies. and then went into great detail about this diet regime Im to follow. this is all while my arm effing itches and burns in 42 different pin prick places and i've been in the damn office for a grand total of 2hrs.

besides, im a visual learner. auditory isn't my strength.

and it wasn't just about this incident. i'm relfecting, really, on every prescribtion or dr's note i've ever seen. lol. for the record i love my dr and my allergist.

[mojo]

i think it is power thing. they're in charge, its up to you to figure out what the fuck they wrote.

[frogprincess]

someone once told me (i think that it was a nurse) that anything form/paper a doctor fills out is considered a 'legal document' and if there are spelling mistakes on a 'legal documnet' it becomes null invoid....

i think that is not true though : S

[stephen_c]

ok, i just asked.
apparently, it's cuz docs have to write the same thing over and over again.
so it's a case of bad hand writing due to repeativeness.

[Joanne]

hahaha, I know first hand how frustrating it can be to read physician's orders!!

but I dunno.. I think if you go to med school for all those years, you pick up the skill of being able to write notes very fast. perhaps that's why?

and part of the reason why pharmacists appear so good at reading them is probably because they're familiar with the medications, hence making it easier to interpret what is written. and yes, if they're not sure what is written, they are required to clarify with the physician who made the order.

[C_squared]

I agree, I dropped off a prescrition at the pharmacist and it took them forever to decode the damn thing. It got to the point to where there was 3 pharmacist standing at the drop-off handing it to one another to see if one of them could get it. jesus!

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by kprojekt

Do they call them just nuts in brazil?

I think they call them DEEEEEZ NUUUUTS

I had a boss with chicken scratch horrible enough to match his temperment. Me and my crew chief would spend half our time in the field looking over his notes and trying to figure out what the fuck he wanted us to do.