Every doctor understands what the phrase, doctor aware’, means. This is the phrase that hospital nurses record in their nurses notes when they have notified the doctor, usually by phone, on a patient’s issue. Once the ‘doctor is aware’, the nurse is in the clear and has transferred responsibility for the issue to the physician. Here are some samples of doctor awareness. Phone Call Notification Nursing Record Doctor, Mrs. Leadbelly just vomited. Doctor aware! Doctor, Mr. Wobbly is dizzy. Doctor aware! Doctor, the ultrasound showed a gallstone. Doctor aware! Doctor, Mrs. Hothead has a fever. Doctor aware! Physicians often roll our eyes over these conversations. Some of these notifications are communicated in the middle of the night about patients we do not know. Although we can’t usually address the abnormal finding dire
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