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Originally Posted by Katigre

One big think I look for is that they show respect to you as a parent - that they trust your gut about your child, listen to your concerns, and if you have questions about medical advice they'll listen carefully.

ex. If you know your child freaks out about blood draws, or your child always gets the worst complications from a cold so "wait and see" ends in the ER) they adjust their treatment to those circumstances bc they value your insight as a parent. This isn't based on having a specific medical or parenting philosophy, it's more of a bedside manner and humility (in the sense of learning from others) that matters a lot to me.

Yes. This. I love our current NP because she really listens, and always comes in having reviewed my kids' charts beforehand. So if I come in saying so and so might have an ear infection, then she already knows that so and so didn't do well with a given antibiotic and suggests an appropriate alternative.