Retail Clinic salaries - Page 2

Which is why I said the APN must be "adventurous". Read that, "highly structured" and able/willing to follow rote protocols. Stepping out of said protocols is "practicing medicine w/o a license".

I can't imagine treating a patient according to an algorithm.
I can't imagine any NP agreeing to such a thing.
Just does not make sense.
I don't think legally the clinic can "hold" you to any algorithm.

Legally, I don't know, but as a condition of employment? And working with the sure knowledge the "clinic" will NOT back you up if you deviate form said algorithm? I would definitely be wary.

Why would you think that practicing without protocols is "practicing medicine without a license"?I practice independently and even if a site had "protocols", there is nothing illegal about not following them.

i heard it's 42 per hour in cali for minute clinics

Also these clinics only treat very basic things. I called once to see if i could get some prednisone and inhaler for my asthma and they are not allowed to treat that.
It is basically very low skill use.
I think it is a waste of our skills as NPs and would be afraid I would lose skills if I only worked in such a clinic.
a True urgent care is much better use of our brains and education.

$50ish an hour is typical $3 more for weekends, and a CVS gift card as an incentive...and as far as the protocols, one of my pt's said, hey you read the questions and click the answer and the computer tells you what to do...yes sadly thats what it felt like too and that was my last week at MC