Any Ob/Gyn Physician's Office RNs?

[Finally2008]

I am going to be graduating in December and have been doing my preceptorship in Mother/Baby. I absolutely love it, but I want to explore all my options after graduating. If you are an RN in a physician's office, could you please tell me a bit about your job--your daily routine, responsibilities, education, career path, salary, etc....anything that you think will help guide me towards what I want to do once I graduate! Thanks so much! :nuke:

[SmilingBluEyes]

I have never worked in a dr office, but I hope someone happens along who can help you. I wish you the best.

[abbabask]

Okay, I hope I can help you. I looked around for an L&D job after graduation ( I stubbornly didn't want to do anything other than that as a new grad). The closest thing I could find was an RN position in my OB/Gyn's office. I took it. I REALLY wish I hadn't. It's probably a great job for a burned out experienced RN who's been in the hospital for a long time and wants something different. But I regret so much starting out in an office as a new nurse. My daily job: calling names into the waiting room, bringing them back to an exam room, filling out insurance forms and encounter forms, settting out pap smear and wet smear slides, taking BPs and weights, scheduling lots of surgeries for my doc, returning patient phone calls, scheduling appointments, TONS of paperwork. I essentially am just having to learn EXACTLY the way my picky dr wants things done, and that has been the extent of my post-graduation learning experience. The only nursing skill I've used is giving the occasional flu or gardasil shot. I miss the excitement of the hospital so much. I miss being autonomous.. making decisions about what I think will keep the patient stable.. not being a doctor's assistant and doing what he wants me to do for 10 hours until my shift is over. I just accepted a job on a med/surg/tele floor (something I never thought I'd do) just so I can get in there and get my hands dirty in some real hardcore nursing experience. I'm that ready to leave the office. I LOVE the people I work with.. but it is not worth it for a new grad to settle for that kind of job. My job duties are the same as the medical assistant's in all honesty. Do it after you've had a good year or two at least in the hospital and a good internship. I promise you won't regret doing that, but you really may find yourself in my same position. I wish you the best!!