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A '''waiting room''' is just exactly that: a room where people wait. So what's everyone complaining about? Of course, it's a long wait; you're in the '''waiting room.''' If the clinic or hospital was somehow efficient, it'd be called something like the we'll-be-right-with you room. But it's not.
'''How to Deal with the Angry Patient in the Waiting Room'''
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Of course, some patients can't wait in the '''waiting room'''. In this scenario, most health care staff are instructed to implement Plan B: inundating patients with painfully-long questionnaires to distract the patients from the waiting process.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/05/waiting-room/ Waiting Room Questionnaires Actually Giant Distraction]</ref>
Another approach is to appease patients. Local emergency physicians in Hanover, NJ leave a large bowel of [[Percocet (Acetaminophen)|Percocet]] in the '''waiting room''' to keep everyone happy.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/01/percocet/ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits]</ref> One physician by the name of Dr. Dufunk tries to keep his clinic patients happy by putting Tostitos chips out in his '''waiting room'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/10/doctor-chips/ Doctor Puts Tostitos Restaurant Style Chips and Salsa in Waiting Room, Business Booms]</ref>
'''How a Patient Can Speed Their Way Through the Waiting Room'''
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Easy: develop chest pain.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/08/tired-of-waiting-patient-develops-chest-pain-in-er/ Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops “Chest Pain” in ER]</ref>
As for the VA waiting rooms? Yeah, those are ridiculously long waits. What's that about?
'''References'''
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[[Category:Medical Locations]]
A '''waiting room''' is just exactly that: a room where people wait. So what's everyone complaining about? Of course, it's a long wait; you're in the '''waiting room.''' If the clinic or hospital was somehow efficient, it'd be called something like the we'll-be-right-with you room. But it's not.
'''How to Deal with the Angry Patient in the Waiting Room'''
----
Of course, some patients can't wait in the '''waiting room'''. In this scenario, most health care staff are instructed to implement Plan B: inundating patients with painfully-long questionnaires to distract the patients from the waiting process.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/05/waiting-room/ Waiting Room Questionnaires Actually Giant Distraction]</ref>
Another approach is to appease patients. Local emergency physicians in Hanover, NJ leave a large bowel of [[Percocet (Acetaminophen)|Percocet]] in the '''waiting room''' to keep everyone happy.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/01/percocet/ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits]</ref> One physician by the name of Dr. Dufunk tries to keep his clinic patients happy by putting Tostitos chips out in his '''waiting room'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/10/doctor-chips/ Doctor Puts Tostitos Restaurant Style Chips and Salsa in Waiting Room, Business Booms]</ref>
'''How a Patient Can Speed Their Way Through the Waiting Room'''
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Easy: develop chest pain.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/08/tired-of-waiting-patient-develops-chest-pain-in-er/ Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops “Chest Pain” in ER]</ref>
As for the VA waiting rooms? Yeah, those are ridiculously long waits. What's that about?
'''References'''
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<references />
[[Category:Medical Locations]]
