Opening the Second Visit Copy
Doctor enters room smiling and maintaining strong eye contact. Both parents are present, along with the baby.
Video Transcript
Dr. Young
Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown, you look really well – how are you feeling?
Mrs. Brown
A bit tired, Doctor Young, and of course, worried about the Down syndrome.
Dr. Young
How is Craig doing?
Mrs. Brown He is doing fine, Dr. Young, and his nursing is going better.
?Decision Point: What would you say next?
A) Continue discussion of how Craig is doing, including a discussion of nursing and then discuss the results of the chromosomal tests.
While you gauge your course of action by the parents’ anxiousness to discuss the results, first discussing the child’s feeding helps to normalize the visit and establish the similarities that this child has to all infants.
B) Immediately launch into an explanation of the chromosomal tests, which confirm the diagnosis.
While you gauge your course of action by the parents’ anxiousness to discuss the results, first discussing the child’s feeding helps to normalize the visit and establish the similarities that this child has to all infants. A discussion of nursing first may help the parents to focus more easily on the results of the testing, when you do discuss it.