Clearly you’re not ok becsuse you’re seeing a doctor, but aren’t you supposed to be polite to the nurse? But then again the nurse is doing your intake assessment.

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    1 year ago

    I usually answer with essentially some form of phatic expression and segue into why I’m there. “Fine thanks, just been having this persistent cough for a bit that I can’t seem to shake.” Honestly, the phatic expression is likely enough, but you know the next question is going to be why are you here. This kind of opens that door and gets the exchange moving forward in my opinion.