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1. Office Manager calling in prescriptions without talking to Dr.

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in Ambulatory

   nurseI56.... as far as the assistant working under the doctor's supervision, I thought that would entail the doctor being in the office and consulted about prescribing medications? It is being done without the doc knowing. I do know that I need a job...

2. Office Manager calling in prescriptions without talking to Dr.

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in Ambulatory

   Thanks. That's a good idea. I have thought about it and plan to talk to the Dr. first. Will post back with an update.

3. Office Manager calling in prescriptions without talking to Dr.

   RN819 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   I've recently started working in a MD office. The Dr. is out of town and a patient called requesting an antibiotic. The office manager helps take calls, googled a bit and without talking to the Dr. called in a script. She says, "I know what the Dr. i...

4. Cut corners

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in General Nursing

   I don't want to give up that easy!! I love bedside nursing, just trying to figure out the secrets to doing it. All of this advice from everyone is EXTRA HELPFUL!! Thanks!!

5. Cut corners

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in General Nursing

   I guess every nurse just works within their own comfort level as far as integrity goes?? I'm not trying to be Ms. Perfect, I just feel so guilty if I were to make up something just to get the job done.

6. Cut corners

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in General Nursing

   "My preceptor taught me to try not to be so wordy in my charting" When the requirement is that a note is made on every shift, it seems like charting starts to be the same for every patient. Such as....... "Patient denies pain, no distress noted. Call...

7. Cut corners

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in General Nursing

   IRL?? In real life?? Is that what that means?

8. Cut corners

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in General Nursing

   "And know that when you do your assessment, and document accordingly, you might find that nurses behind you are going to copy yours word for word....." This angers me sooo much! These nurses who copy look like they are great while I appear slow and...

9. Cut corners

   RN819 replied to RN819's topic in General Nursing

   From reading another post about cutting corners, it seems that all nurses do cut corners. So my dilemma is trying to figure out where I can safely do so. I am by the book kind of nurse and I'm finding out that is impossible to do. I'm afraid if I cut...

10. Cut corners

    RN819 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for about 3 years. I have about 9 months as a floor nurse and the rest of the time I worked in a doctors office. I have always felt slow from my first job out of nursing school. I am now back orienting to work on the floor again. ...

11. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    RN819 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    This is the hardest thing!! In nursing school, we are taught the "Gold Standard of Nursing". After 7 months on a telemetry floor with a patient ratio of 5 or 6 to 1 nurse, I learned that there is no way we can do everything the way we learned in scho...

12. VA Hiring Process

    RN819 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

    I've been told by instructors that your resume is a marketing tool and to only put down the pertinent jobs to the position you are applying for. That is usually essential if one is to keep their resume to one page anyway. (Except for those "spring ch...

13. VA Hiring Process

    RN819 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

    Thanks CaliBoy and Marshall1!!

14. VA Hiring Process

    RN819 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

    I am applying for a contract job at the VA through an agency. I will be starting the VetPro process this week. As far as past employment goes, I am not sure if I should put down a couple jobs I had that only lasted about a month. I figured out those ...

15. New nurses thinking of leaving nursing

    RN819 replied to mswim's topic in New Nurse

    Madwife2002 - Thanks so much for the encouragement and tips! Hearts Open Wide - Thanks for that reminder. We are all replaceable and some of us could be considered irreplaceable at the same time. Irreplaceable because some of us place a higher priori...