https://paulnystrom.com/tags/work-notes/Recent content in Work Notes on Paul NystromHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/work-notes/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/work-notes/<p>Patients come to the ER for work notes, and I wish they would just be honest upfront about it rather than concoct complaints and then slip in a comment about a work note. It’s frustrating to do all the song and dance about some potential problem they have that they often have difficulty describing. Their answers to my line of questioning about symptoms sometimes don’t make sense, and I’m left scratching my head, sometimes worried there is really something sinister going on. In reality, they are only halfway paying attention because the goal is the work note, nothing more.</p>