My clinic schedules 15-minute follow-ups and I end up rushing through acne regimen teaching and patch test aftercare — has anyone successfully negotiated longer slots or a small protected block for education as an LPN in derm? If so, what metrics or language helped — reduced callbacks, better adherence, fewer topical steroid mishaps?
I got our derm team to trial two 20‑min “education slots” per half‑day, framed around “reduced callbacks” and fewer steroid errors; we tracked callbacks per visit, portal messages about patch test care, and refill corrections, and it paid for itself in saved nurse time. If leadership balks, pitch a 2‑week pilot and use a teach‑back checkbox plus a templated aftercare note so the rest of your 15‑minute visits run like a pit stop. Would your manager let you test that for a couple clinic days?
It sounds tough fitting education into those 15-minute slots. I’d suggest proposing a specific metric to track, like adherence rates post-education, which could help build your case for longer visits. Have you tried bringing in patient feedback to show how much they value that time?