Can a unlicensed person gave and take orders?

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I am just wondering if anyone has ever ran across working with an unlicensed receptionist that gives and akes verbal orders and phones and faxes in RX? Also as the only licensed nurses (other than the MD) can I be held liable for this?

Any infor would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Why don't you speak with your boss...the doctor, and tell him/her your concerns and that you would like to see a bit of reorganization

of duties within the office to reflect this?

If you are an RN, or even an LPN, you have education and training that the doctor is not utilizing to the fullest extent that he could.

Surely he did not hire a "NURSE" to use you as a secretary. {No offense against secretaries......but a nurse is not a secretary and a secretary is not a nurse.**

Just my opinion and advice.

Well said and I think I might just do that once I get my nerve up, I want to say thanks to everyone for the great advice and info, I new I could count on everyone here at allnurses to help with my dilema, OH and HAPPY HOLIDAY'S :icon_cheesygrin:

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Not in any hospital I've ever worked in. And I've worked in hospitals in New York State and Florida. The 'nurse' in my PCP office is an LPN. I did have the unfortunate experience of taking orders from a P.A. back in 1980, who was always getting the doses wrong. Upon asking, I learned that he had never attended a formal program(at the time Florida did not require P.A.'s to attend formal programs). I informed the physician that I would no longer accept orders from his P.A. and why. Other nurses followed my lead and the P.A. went back to college for a proper education.

A physician is responsible for anyone who dispenses orders or information for that physician. And only a fool allows someone to give incorrect information in his name.

Woody:balloons:

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A physician is responsible for anyone who dispenses orders or information for that physician. And only a fool allows someone to give incorrect information in his name.

Woody:balloons:

Woody, you are soooooooo right:yelclap:. Thanks, how i would love to say that to her

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Woody, you are soooooooo right:yelclap:. Thanks, how i would love to say that to her

To whom would you like to say this too? The original poster or someone in a physician's office?

Woody:balloons:

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