Communication between patients, nurses, and physicians

[lnardac1]

Hello, I am a graduate student in bioengineering at Stanford University. I am working on a team with other students in engineering, medicine, and business to design a medical device for dialysis patients. We are currently exploring the issue of communication between patients, nurses, and doctors. If you could share your story and experience with this, we would greatly appreciate it. Here are some more specific questions as well that might be a good starting point:

    -How often did you interact with the following physicians: nephrologist, vascular surgeon, and radiologist?
    - How did you feel about the communication between you and the nephrologist (or also nurses and the nephrologist?) Did you feel as though the nephrologist knew what was going on with your case in dialysis?
    - How did you feel about the communication between between you and the nurses/techs at dialysis?
    - Did you feel well informed about your care?

[cassandra]

Hi Inardac1 maybe take some time to introduce yourself in the Introduce yourself section?


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[GA_DAWG]

My neph or his partner are at the clinic at least once a week. I completely trust my neph, but I hear others at the clinic and I think "no way in hell." I even had one who argued with me that I was his patient until a tech told him differently. The nurses and everyone at my nephs office are equally as good. I never question if he is aware of my case and he always answers questions. When I go to different MDs, like vascular or transplant, the people there will ask who my neph is. When I tell them they all say "oh, you got the good one. I also have good communication with the nurses and techs at the clinic, and they answer any questions, though there is one I go to with questions more than the others. I have found it to be true that those who inform themselves, ask questions, and take the advice of MDs, techs, and nurses are better off in their treatments. Those who refuse to listen tend to be the ones who have a hard time every treatment. I also realize the techs and nurses see lots of people, so if there is something specific to my care, I remind them.












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