tjn97

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1. Being a physician's office nurse...a "little" job?

   tjn97 replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory

   I used to work telemetry in a local hospital before I started my office job. And I remember thinking I was "stepping down" in the ranks of nursing. Boy, was I wrong!! I have learned so much since I started 3 years ago, and continue to learn each a...

2. any ideas regarding prescription refills??

   tjn97 replied to vjohnsonrn's topic in Ambulatory

   I work in a 6 physician family practice office. The nurses take the messages off the voicemail, not the secretaries. Some people do leave messages about rx's when scheduling an appointment, but that doesn't happen alot. We do get some "doozy" messa...

3. Carotid Massage - very cool!

   tjn97 replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

   I actually was the recipient of carotid massage 6 years ago. Funny thing was, I was working on a telemetry unit at the time, and started with the fast rhythm! My coworkers put a monitor on me, which showed a heart rate of 200. Needless to say, I b...

4. New RN~Question about Dr. Office Nursing

   tjn97 replied to NurseDixie's topic in Ambulatory

   In my opinion, it's beneficial to have a knowledge base and some experience before working in a office setting. I work in family practice, and we see many different diagnoses. My work on telemetry and med-surg units has helped me understand symptom...

5. sniffle sniffle aahhhhhhhhh

   tjn97 replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory

   Hi Darla, We live in PA. Yes, it was surprising to see that dx. He hadn't been seen for over 2 years, so definitely not a frequent flyer. Hope he recuperates soon, as he was pretty miserable!

6. sniffle sniffle aahhhhhhhhh

   tjn97 replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory

   we haven't seen too much allergy problems yet, but still the usual sinusitis and occasional bronchitis. Just had a patient yesterday dx'd with pneumonia, 40'ish and very sick. Doctor almost sent him to the hospital. We seem to give quite a few a...

7. Medical Assistants in the office

   tjn97 replied to SHELLYBELLYRN's topic in Ambulatory

   We currently have 2 MA's at our family practice office. It was a difficult transition for the first one hired, as all the other nursing staff consisted of RN's and LPN's. She met a lot of resistance from our head nurse, who didn't like the idea of ...

8. any nurses do only perdiem?

   tjn97 replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   I worked perdiem at a local hospital a couple years ago, and it worked well for me. I started when I was pregnant with my first child, and it gave me the flexibility of hours after he was born. I picked my hours, mostly 4 hour shifts, and the pay w...

9. Looking For Other Pa Nurses!!!!

   tjn97 replied to Pete495's topic in Pennsylvania

   Hi!! I'm originally from Northern PA (Bradford Co.), but now reside in Berks. I work at a family practice office and really enjoy it! With two small children, the hours are great and weekends are free to do whatever. anybody else from Northern PA...