You work in a busy obstetrics practice. Today a patient who is 20 weeks along in her pregnancy called to schedule a follow-up ap
pointment with the doctor because she was hospitalized two days ago for a vaso-occlusive crisis associated with her sickle cell. You set an appointment for the patient to see the doctor 2 weeks from today. When the office manager reviewed the patient schedule for the upcoming 2 weeks she noticed the appointment reason you listed for this patient. She immediately contacted the office nurse and had her reschedule the patient’s appointment for the following day. The office manager explains to you that the patient is considered high risk due to the sickle cell and has recently experienced a crisis during her pregnancy so she needs to be seen as soon as possible.
Step 2: Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below:
Explain how knowledge of medical terminology would have helped with scheduling the appointment sooner the first time
<span>Severe depression that has a sudden onset or seems not to have any
external cause whatsoever is called major depression. Major
depression is sometimes referred to as </span>unipolar disorder or major
depressive<span> disorder (MDD); typical signs of MDD include
persistent feeling of sadness or a lack of interest in outside stimuli.</span>
