• Snort_Owl [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 hours ago

    Nursing ive never really understood maybe its a US thing cos if ur getting a job as a nurse in the UK to be a mean girl like welcome to hell I guess its such a high requirement and hard job just to bully people.

    Idk if it has the same problem here I think the NHS mean girl position is operating the front desk at any and all doctors practises. Some absolute demons in those roles that exist to prevent you from accessing medical care oh and also said all sorts of racist shit to my mum while she was actively dying

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 hours ago

      In North America, doctor’s office receptionists aren’t typically gatekeepers, they’re like an office receptionist.

      Nurses and insurance claims adjusters end up filling that role, sometimes even retroactively in the US.

      In Canada, the worst experience I’ve ever really seen with reception is in our equivalents of A&E, urgent care or the Emergency Department, is typically a response like, “sorry the wait time for walk in is 38 hours” (because they triage anyone who actually needs to be there to the front and you’re actually supposed to make an appointment with your GP if you’re not bleeding out basically)