RN's in dr. offices

[weluv3]

Do Doctor's offices still hire RN's? If so, in what particular practice? When I first started thinking about a medical career, I saw/see myself working in an office setting, like in a dr. office (OB/GYN, Pediatrician, etc.). But doing my research, I found out that alot of offices are being staffed with medical assistants. I looked into being a medical assistant, but I need/want to make more money that what medical assistants make.

Thanks!!!

Michelle

[MissJulie]

As far as a plain old general care doctor, RNs probably wouldn't be hired. The office I work at has one RN, she's our medical supervisor/manager, but then there's two CMAs and me, the CNA. At my family doctor, there are a few LPNs and one CNA; I actually asked the doc once why she didn't have a CMA, she told me that it's a pet peeve of her's to hear somone who isn't a nurse be called a nurse, so she only hires RNs and LPNs but finds that she doesn't really have a lot of things that would require an RN and those things she can do herself.

But, at offices that have a lot of procedures, like a ob/gyn or surgeon, I'm sure that they would need RNs or at least LPNs and not CMAs because of surgical dressings, etc.

[weluv3]

Thanks! So it looks like some offices employ Cnas too? How common is that?

[ebear, BSN, RN]

carshell, ask the office manager. Most docs choose not to get involved in personnel issues/questions and some of them don't have a clue anyway.

[weluv3]

Thanks ebear!

[cherrybreeze, ADN, RN]

carshell, ask the office manager. Most docs choose not to get involved in personnel issues/questions and some of them don't have a clue anyway.

I recently sent in my resume to a physician's office, after he gave me the name of who to get in touch with. We had an off-the-cuff conversation when he was making rounds one morning, and he told me to absolutely call this person.

Unfortunately, as is the trend in my area at least, they decided to hire an LPN and not an RN. This is happening more and more, so that MD offices can save money. It's too bad, too....I would have loved to work with this doc!

[SparkleRN]

Plastic surgeons hire RN's all the time to do lasers/injections and to scrub and circulate. The pay isn't nearly as much as a hospital, but the environment is clean, no one is sick...no one is yelling at you. Regular hours and great aesthetic perks!

[cherrybreeze, ADN, RN]

Plastic surgeons hire RN's all the time to do lasers/injections and to scrub and circulate. The pay isn't nearly as much as a hospital, but the environment is clean, no one is sick...no one is yelling at you. Regular hours and great aesthetic perks!

The MD I mentioned in my post above was a plastic surgeon.

[weluv3]

Well the way I see it, plastic surgery isn't fading out, so hopefully they'll still need RN's in the future:)

[emille]

i recently saw an ad for a MA and the responsibilities listed got me baffled. I seriously thought this should have been an ad for a RN.

a few of them included

- iv placement,obtain anesthesia consent from pt by having read ,understand and signed.

-observe adverse reactions,warning physician.

-remove pt's iv prior to departure and qualification req'd was HS or equivalent MA training w/ experience.

even as RNs,we have been taught to only witness consents and here the MA does it all. LOL.Seriously, is this even legal?

[cokeforbreakfast]

The 30+ provider multispecialty clinic I work at has 10 RNs: one each in protimes, refills, triage, staffing, iv infusion/float/allergies, cardiopulmonary (stress testing, echo, etc.) and two in diabetes ed and two in admin. We are cross trained so we can fill in for one another. There is a lot of variety but less direct pt contact than I would like. I am always so happy when I get pulled from my desk to do an IV or for chest pain. (There are 40 addl LPNs and MAs.)