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Aug 19, 2008 10:53 PM

Standardized Office Visit Protocols


Hello,
I am a new nurse who will be beginning @ a community clinic in 2 weeks. I am not intimidated (as I've heard a lot about going to a hospital first, etc.), and I have a great deal of health care experience, just not as an RN.

The clinic is relatively new and in the process of establishing itself. One of the things I know I will be responsible for is office triage. I was thinking that there needs to be standardized protocols implemented (i.e. if pt comes in with UTI sx, there should be a written protocol that can be followed to stream line the visit..i.e...do a urine dip, culture, and a standard Rx like bactrim).
for those experienced office nurses, do you have anything like that where you work?
Does anyone know where I might be able to find some type of standardized tx protocols for simple office visit complaints (UTI, common cold, etc.)?
This seems like it would be a very daunting task to attempt to do from scratch and if anyone could point me in any sort of direction I would be soooo thankful.


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from 2blueyes
Old Nov 16, 2008, 12:48 PM

Default Re: Standardized Office Visit Protocols
Hello. I noticed that there hasn't been any responses to your post. Have you located the information you were looking for? The office that I work in doesn't have any standardized protocols, no job descriptions, nor any type of new employee training manual or job duty check-offs. If you were able to locate the info. you requested, would you be willing to share your source? Thanks!
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from PNCC2001
Old Jan 03, 2009, 03:53 AM

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A really good book that might help is Nurses' Guide to Telephone Triage and Health Care.
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