Any lvn's working as a unit secretary?

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Just wanted to know more insight about the job the pros and cons. Do u gain or lose any skills, any comments would be very helpful thanks.

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At my old job the most recent DON for the moment decided she wanted all RNs on the floor so there were multiple shifts each pay period that I was pulled from the floor, initially I was instructed to assist the HUCs with getting all the residents' charts transferred to our new computer system!!! I spent an entire shift scanning lab reports and X-ray results, let me tell you, I was not a happy camper! I did not work my butt off in nursing school to be working as a HUC! Not too mention at the end of my shift I had done more than twice as much as the two HUCs had done combined!! After that my duties changed as the "extra" nurse, I assisted the shift supervisor, transcribed new admission orders, checked MARs at the end of the month, and assisted the floor nurses when they needed me. Working as a unit clerk isn't what you went to school for and you will lose those clinical skills, like the saying goes "if ya don't use it ya lose it"

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Specializes in Primary Care.

Would it be a career change? Why would a nurse be working as a secretary?

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