Hi, come on in. My name's Allison

"... and I'll be your RN".

Of course I don't say that to patients when I usher them through the Emergency Department's doors. Unfortunately, in the rural setting where there is only one doctor's surgery serviced by two doctors, and the hospital is literally next door, people tend to treat the ED as a GP.

Here's a list of what the EMERGENCY Department is NOT:
1. A place to go to just because you couldn't get an appointment with the GP.
2. A place to go to because of an issue you have had since last week.
2. A place to get a pregnancy test.
3. A place to get a medical certificate.

First off, you clutter my ED with your unnecessary presense. Second of all, it annoys the doctor. Thirdly, I do not like having to fill out a lenghty form just to write at the end, "Appointment made with GP @ xxxx hr"

Make our lives easier and phone the GP yourselves. We have better things to do XD