RN: “patient would like to talk to you”
hospitalist: “about what?”
RN: …
seen 37 minutes ago
I frequently receive these sorts of vague secure chat messages (e.g., “patient is in pain”) from nurses that then do not respond to obvious follow-up questions.
If you reach out via secure chat because of pain, a family member requested an update, etc. you should also respond to follow-up questions.
If you want me to see the patient again then ask. If the son refused to tell you why he wanted to talk to me then just say that. Please do not send me a sentence fragment about something potentially important and then secure chat “ghost” me.