[Yash]

UGH!!! I arrived 15 minutes early for my visit to my nurse practioner. My appt was for 7:15. She saw me at 8:40. Yes, I was late for work which starts at 9. Okay, I'll live with that.

I gave my adoption medical paperwork to the woman working the front office, she in turn gave it to the office manager. The office manager called me into her office and explained she couldn't have the nurse practioner fill out the forms. How could the nurse practioner (NP) know if there is any history of hereditary disease or abnormality( physical disability) or mental health? How can she answer if I have any medical conditions that would limit the applicants' ability to parent an adopted child, as asked on my homestudy medical report form. How can she certify that I'm in good health with no communicative or mental disease/disability and am able to care for an adopted child, as asked by my international agency?

In my head, I was screaming, is she for real? Are we really having this discussion? And how could she ask the NP to sign the forms when under the signature line it says doctor/physician signature?

Taking a deep breath, I explained these are the same forms signed by the NP two years for my foster care agency. I got the impression she wanted to say to me that was then, this is now, but refrained. She told me that I should tell my agency to reword their signature line with health care professional or something of that language. Because as it stood now, this would be the same as if she had a piece of paper that required the signature of a lawyer and she had her mother sign it. WHAT??!! I bit my tongue, but I was dying to ask if her mother was even in the legal field for that analogy or example to make any sense.

The office manager said when she received the test results, she would feel comfortable having the NP sign a letter saying that (sorry for the male readers) that my PAP was clear and that I didn't have any STDs or high blood pressure.

I nodded my head and I told her I would get back to her and I thanked her as I walked out of her office.

Hours later...

Once I calmed down, I called my insurance company to find a doctor. Snap! I found one that was close to my house and saw patients at 7AM. As I was making the appointment, the scheduler said, you do know the first meeting with the doctor is a consultation, then you can make an appointment and the second visit you can have a physical. CONSULTATION??!!!! What are we dating? I want a physical and for you to sign these papers that's it. UGH!

So now I'm putting in a call to speak directly to the NP.

I'm so glad you guys are hear to listen. Who know these forms were so complicated and so UN-PC?

Can the road to Layla be smooth God? Please.....

Yash

[Becky01089]

Yash,
What a fiasco! My dh and I go to the same practice but see different docs. Mine was like,"sure, no problem," filled it out with me in the room instructing him and making sure he dotted every i and crossed every t. My husband hands me the form which we have to bring back once the labs are back. The agency didn't like the way the doc filled out something on my dh's form soooo we brought another one, and another one, and another and then I lost count. I wasn't sure I even wanted to go back to that office for a routine visit to see my doc. You're NP sounds a little paranoid. Apparently you are the first patient they ever had who plans to adopt. Hope you get what you need and fast! Good luck!

[Yash]

Becky,

Sorry to hear about your nightmare. It was actually the office manager who was doing all the talking. The NP never even saw the form. I think when I was doing my last adoption, I handed the form to the NP before the exam and she just filled it out for me no problem. I should have done that this time, but I never thought it would be this big of a problem.

Yash