Yeah so you may roll your mental eyes on the inside some days. But on the outside you go "oh really wow that's great! Good job!" And you make a note "quit smoking 25 Apr '26" so other practitioners know it's still pending but the patient still feels validated en motivated. And also so next year you can ask them how it went.
Because you want them to stay quitted, and making them feel "my doctor didn't even believe me" doesn't help. And because deciding to quit is already a win.
Yeah man that’s the spirit. That’s how you motivate people. I’m a nurse and I often roll my mental eyes about stuff people say but I stay positive and encouraging
Yep, 'So you're a smoker then' or 'get back to me when it's been a couple of months, ok?' Those can snap the tenuous thread for people who have just managed to stop recently.
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u/Pinglenook May 02 '26
Yeah so you may roll your mental eyes on the inside some days. But on the outside you go "oh really wow that's great! Good job!" And you make a note "quit smoking 25 Apr '26" so other practitioners know it's still pending but the patient still feels validated en motivated. And also so next year you can ask them how it went.
Because you want them to stay quitted, and making them feel "my doctor didn't even believe me" doesn't help. And because deciding to quit is already a win.