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human
What exactly takes so long between when a nurse takes you in and checks your vitals and when the doctor finally comes in the room?

What is going on in between?
gpt
reading the notes from the nurse, your past notes, etc. also, seeing other patients, writing notes for the last patient etc. it can feel like they're just wasting time, but they're likely just caught up with stuff. if it's a teaching facility, it can be even slower because they have to go over everything with the learner before and after.

that said, it's just from what I've seen as a learner. some doctors might just be doing whatever, who knows. this isn't a rule, just what I've observed. :)