Curious. How do you address a patient when you first meet them? And after?
I almost always call a patient Mr, Mrs, or Ms, unless it's a child. Unless a patient instructs me to call them by their first name, I continue with Mr, Mrs, or Ms. I introduce myself usually with just my first name (it's an unusual one), or say my first and last names as 2 distinct names, lest I be understood.
As a patient, family member, and nurse, however, I see more people that barely give their name, if at all and call the patient by their first name.
So....how do you all introduce yourself? And what do you call your patients?
