A day in the life of an nurse in a Doctor office

[D&Ggirl]

I was wondering what a nurse does in a typical day at a doctors office, i am working in a hospital and am thinking about applying at a doctors office. Do you deal with patients or are you more in the office part? Mostly when i go to the Doctor, i have contacts with MA's, so I was wondering what RN's do! any insight would be appreciated! thanks!

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I am an LPN and I work as primary nurse for a general surgeon. My day consists of:

1. Rooming patients-VS, meds, allergies

2. Paperwork for surgeries, procedures, and tests and providing instruction and patient teaching for same.

3. Set up sterile trays and glove and assist the surgeon with small procedures in the office.

4. Set up charts for the following day, obtaining path, x-ray and lab results for upcoming consults.

5. phone calls

6. Try and find time for the projects Manager likes to give us.

7. clean and stock rooms and lots of other little odds and ends.

Very little Rx refills and prior authorizations in my particular department.

I am also an LPN that works in a hospital clinic. Similar things are done, except that we have PCAs that primarily room and do vitals, although we help them when they are behind. We have as many as 20 providers; about 8 attendings, and various levels of residents. The RNs do triage, and are the team leaders in my large clinic. I think I prefer working in a hospital clinic than private, but that is because I haven't worked in one, and also, I get paid more and have benefits compared to those that work privately.

[ajboujie]

RNKatePSU--hey, i noticed in a post of yours u used to work at LRMC (germany). Im stationed here w/my spouse & lookn for RN jobs either in LRMC or Ramstein clinics. Whats the best way of going about lookn for jobs there (besides posting resumes at usajobs or cpol)? Any area in either "hospital", like HR, that would know of openings not posted online? Thanks

[Mariaspapias]

I am also interested in working in a doctors office (OBGYN, Peds, etc). But am not sure if it is a place for a New Grad RN like myself? What do you think?

[lizinlanse]

I also work as an LPN in a Dr's office and my job sounds exactly like s8ntollie's. Only we don't all get paid the same! I absolutely love it. I'm not getting rich on $10/hr, but it's a great job!

[tabby99]

How much do nurses who work in Dr's offices make anyway? I wouldn't mind making less to have lower stress and more pt. contact.

[sportsgirlly]

I'm a new grad and was just hired to work in a Peds office. I will have direct pt contact, there is another nurse on staff that does all the triage. Wage 28.50/hr.