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10 Reasons to NOT Like Pediatrics

Date September 9, 2007

Obviously I favor the positives against the negatives here, but I have many colleagues who feel otherwise.  Plus, there are things that make me glad that I also see adults.  So here are the negatives:

  1. The smell in the room after the 2-year-old has squatted behind the exam table.
  2. Splinters.  I hate splinters.  Taking them out of a squirming kid is like threading a needle on a 4-wheeler.
  3. Parents threatening their kids with shots if they don’t behave.  I don’t give shots to be mean.
  4. Strong stale cigarette smoke smell walking into a room of an infant whose parents smoke.  Do they really think it doesn’t harm the child?
  5. The child who ran out of the exam room, out of the the office, and into the parking lot of a nursing home while I chased him.  He spit on me when I caught him.
  6. Parents who don’t discipline children, letting them run wild in the waiting room and exam room.
  7. When you have to give parents really bad news (which fortunately happens rarely).
  8. Ear Wax.
  9. Having to answer the question: "how do I get my kids to obey me?" when you are asking yourself the same thing.
  10.   "Three-Fer’s"  - when a parent brings in three children simultaneously to be seen.  Usually only one has anything worth bringing the child in to be seen.
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4 Responses to “10 Reasons to NOT Like Pediatrics”

  1. Chrysalis Angel said:

    September 23rd, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Brings new meaning to the word squatters.;)

  2. rlbates said:

    September 23rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    On the tough days, just remember to count those blessings (sometimes hard to recall when faced with the negatives). Have a blessed day, Dr. Rob!

  3. catherine said:

    September 23rd, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    Are parents who threaten kids with a shot just for fun okay (or also a bad)? :)

  4. Dr. Smak said:

    September 23rd, 2007 at 7:16 pm

    Number one on my list is crappy parents. Life for some of these little whipper-snappers is unfair.

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Welcome to my blog. I am a practicing primary care physician in the Southeastern US, caring for patients of all ages (Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics). This blog covers a wide variety of issues, including the following: What it is like to be a physician, dogs driving cars, what troubles are in our system, toddlers with flame-throwers, what would it take to fix that system, llamas, death and dying issues, mutants, and accordions. Maybe I need to write about mutant dying accordions with flame-throwers. Hmmm....I feel a post coming. Anyhow, I like variety. Life is always lived with both laughter and tears. If you are a regular reader of this blog, it is also filled with nausea and nightmares. Thanks for stopping by. -Dr. Rob