How long?

[Iamnew2]

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Fellow PMR'ers, how long does a typical inpatient visit take for you guys?
Also how do you end your visits - see you later, thank you, goodbye, etc?

Just curious!

 

[RangerBob]

Totally depends. Weekend day where I'm covering for my partner and the goal is just to make sure everyone gets seen? Could be as little as just a few minutes if no active issues. If I'm counseling, I could be in there for half an hour.

I usually end with "what questions do you have for me," since so many people don't ask questions they have unless you ask them. Then I say something like "have a good day,", "keep up the good work in therapy!", etc.

 

[Iamnew2]

Totally depends. Weekend day where I'm covering for my partner and the goal is just to make sure everyone gets seen? Could be as little as just a few minutes if no active issues. If I'm counseling, I could be in there for half an hour.

I usually end with "what questions do you have for me," since so many people don't ask questions they have unless you ask them. Then I say something like "have a good day,", "keep up the good work in therapy!", etc.

Ok I do things similarly then. Sometimes for patients that are stable it seems that visits are short, and for some of the more complex patients I feel like I'm discussing/teaching/counseling/etc for what seems like an eternity!