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Sandy Simons MD

@ergoddessmd

Mom, Wife, ER Doc, 20x Marathoner, @EMNews columnist, Physician wellness advocate. Figuring out how to stay true to my own voice amidst life's cacophony.

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Change is not always a good thing. That’s the case when EDs moved from paper prescriptions to electronic ones. Sandy Simons MD says electronic scripts have overcomplicated the process and created more work for already-overburdened EPs. tinyurl.com/4zv7fuup

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Please have the courtesy to (a) look up from your cellphone when the doctor or nurse is speaking with you, (b) inform staff when someone on your phone is listening, and (c) refrain from recording us without permission. Thank you, ~ED staff everywhere journals.lww.com/em-news/fullte…

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Cellphones are a blessing and a curse in the ED, says Sandy Simons MD. They have too many benefits to ban them (pt ed, connecting w/ family), but perhaps hospitals should post common courtesy rules in the waiting room and exam rooms for patients to follow. tinyurl.com/yzjbsrys

Cellphones are a blessing and a curse in the ED, says <a href="/ERGoddessMD/">Sandy Simons MD</a>.

They have too many benefits to ban them (pt ed, connecting w/ family), but perhaps hospitals should post common courtesy rules in the waiting room and exam rooms for patients to follow.

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.Sandy Simons MD won a Folio award for her column “Eighteen Years as a Nocturnist.” tinyurl.com/2s2xbka7 She gave our readers a glimpse into the life of a mom/emergency physician who made working nights look easy when it was really anything but. Congratulations, Dr. Simons!

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My November / December Emergency Medicine News article is about the sadness I experienced when I became an empty nester. My job did not fill the void. In fact, working made it worse. journals.lww.com/em-news/fullte…

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Her sons went off to college, and every shift reminded Sandy Simons MD that her EM career will not fill the void. Instead, she figures out how to prioritize the things she loves that were marginalized for emergency medicine. ow.ly/jNvB50Uj3qN

Her sons went off to college, and every shift reminded <a href="/ERGoddessMD/">Sandy Simons MD</a> that her EM career will not fill the void.

Instead, she figures out how to prioritize the things she loves that were marginalized for emergency medicine.

ow.ly/jNvB50Uj3qN
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Her sons went off to college, and every shift reminded Sandy Simons MD that her EM career will not fill the void. Instead, she figures out how to prioritize the things she loves that were marginalized for emergency medicine. ow.ly/jNvB50Uj3qN

Her sons went off to college, and every shift reminded <a href="/ERGoddessMD/">Sandy Simons MD</a> that her EM career will not fill the void.

Instead, she figures out how to prioritize the things she loves that were marginalized for emergency medicine.

ow.ly/jNvB50Uj3qN
Emergency Medicine News (@emnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Her sons went off to college, and every shift reminded Sandy Simons MD that her EM career will not fill the void. Instead, she figures out how to prioritize the things she loves that were marginalized for emergency medicine. ow.ly/jNvB50Uj3qN

Her sons went off to college, and every shift reminded <a href="/ERGoddessMD/">Sandy Simons MD</a> that her EM career will not fill the void.

Instead, she figures out how to prioritize the things she loves that were marginalized for emergency medicine.

ow.ly/jNvB50Uj3qN