darla80

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1. One nurse, no time off.

   darla80 replied to Limik's topic in Ambulatory

   You are not alone I am the only nurse in a BUSY Internal medicine practice fortunately I am very healthy and in the last six years have taken my vacation and only two sick days But I admit to some frustration that there is no back up My doc takes o...

2. patient assistance programs

   darla80 replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory

   There is a web site called Needymeds.com that has a variety of PAP ( patient assistance programs) The other difficulty I am having is helping the patients understand the myriad of forms and finding the time to explain it all to them. With the current...

3. patient assistance programs

   darla80 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   I could use some help!! what programs does your office most frequently refer patients to for medication assistance? I live in TN and we are in a medication and medical care crunch with the demise of some portions of TN care .( it is kind of like m...

4. sympathy cards from the office

   darla80 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Do you send sympathy cards to family members of patients who die? I work Internal medicine and this question has come up more than once in the last few months If both the person who passes away and the family member are patients of the practice I thi...

5. How to be a new grad office nurse?

   darla80 replied to prairiegirl's topic in Ambulatory

   My sister teaches refresher course for RNs Depending on the hospital you choose to work for you may be pleasantly surprised at the courses available to you. IN the meantime .. think of all the skills you are gaining at the clinc ..you are learning ...

6. How to be a new grad office nurse?

   darla80 replied to prairiegirl's topic in Ambulatory

   nanaRN I am sorry you are having such a difficult experience.. I felt sad for you as I finished reading your post .. advice to the nursing student I agree with all the others .. One to three years in the hospital setting is what solidifies many if ...

7. Which classes most helpful for LPN's in clinics?

   darla80 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ambulatory

   There are several determinig factors in choosing a clinic job and the skills you will need the size of the practice, the specialty, the availabilty of computers Electonic medical record etc Working in a specialist office Ie: neuro, endo, ENT...

8. teaching Humira administration

   darla80 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Subcu injections I work in an Internal med practice and often give injections subcu IM etc However, we have Rheum pt ( rheumatologist is one hour drive for her ) and she is going to start Humira She broke her arm and wants to know if I will teach ...

9. pay scale for medical assistants?

   darla80 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   the physician I work for is considering hiring an MA What is the pay rate for Medical assistants? What do you like about working in an office as a medical assistant? Joy and Smiles * Darla

10. sample protocol

    darla80 replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory

    what type opf practice is it? Have you wroked in an office previously? Do you like it? I helped my doc start his practice six years ago ,.. we have really grown and I usually Love it.. however I am still the only nurse and we need more help But th...

11. sample protocol

    darla80 posted a topic in Ambulatory

    How do you handle samples? Does the pt have to sign when picking up samples? Do you print out written instructions to give th pts with thier samples? Do you log out and chart samples in pt record? Thanks for you input Darla :)

12. medication errors

    darla80 replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory

    we have two problems you just identified many of our patients have two or more pharmacies.. do your pts do that? they have their "mail in pharmacy" their local pharmacy, things they send ot the Canadian pharmacy and then we have some that use the V...

13. medication errors

    darla80 posted a topic in Ambulatory

    Interesting when I worked in the hospital nurses could get written up for med errors ..the pts go home and polypharmacy becomes russian roulette ************************* My office is on a campaign to prevent medication errors Patients are told to ...

14. Horrible, awful week

    darla80 replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory

    sounds like it was difficult but good for you hanging in and holding on to principles .... we have to look out for our patients and ourselves Carry on the flame and light the way!! Darla

15. looking for some input frm Hospice nurses

    darla80 replied to darla80's topic in Hospice

    Thank you, I started the process yesterday and hospice is going to evaluate her today. We had a pt once who rallied and was discharged from hospice and lived another year. People are absolutley amazing.. the nurses and the ones we take care of H...