Does anyone hate working as an office nurse for PCPs?

[sistasoul]

Hi All,

After one year of filling out applications and going on interviews I have finally landed a job working for a group of 8 internal med docs. I start the day after labor day and I feel blessed to have this position. M-F and day shift will be my work week and I am so excited that I can finally start planning on doing things without having to worry if I am going to have to work or not. I know that all jobs have some stress but I am wondering how the stress of working for a Dr's office is. I know the lie and death stress and running at 100 miles an hour every shift in the hospital was killing me. Office nursing can not be as bad or am I deluding myself. Anyone have any stories on hating their office jobs? Just curious.

Thanks, Sista

[TriciaJ, RN]

I personally love my clinic job. Yes, it gets hectic but nothing like the other jobs I've had. At its worst, just keep in mind that most of those people walked in by themselves and didn't get wheeled in on gurneys. They're breathing all by themselves. Busy is only busy. Not usually life and death. Hope that helps keep it in perspective. And you get to have a life! Congratulations!

[lindseylpn]

I had a bad experience myself but, I think if the circumstances were different I might have liked it. I was hired for a brand new Dr straight out of school, it was a very large physician practice with many offices over a 50 mile radius. The nurse that they had hired for the Dr just up and quit a few days before the dr was supposed to start so, they hired me to replace her and just threw me into the office with not much training. When I was hired I was told that they actually wanted an RN for the position but, they would settle for an LPN and we'd make it work and they stated me out $2 more an hr than their usual starting rate. (even with the extra $2 the pay was still low) I worked at 2 different offices 35 miles apart and I'd have to commute between them. I loved the Dr I worked for but, she was new and clueless and so was I. They double and triple booked her at times and she was nervous and overwhelmed but, the office seemed to only interested in how much $$ she could make. Plus at one of the offices everyone had worked together for many years, they were all friendly but, I never really felt included. They would all go to lunch together and I had to stay at the office till they got back then I could go take my lunch. I was let go after about 90 days and it broke heart, they told me that they had decided that they wanted an RN after all but, I could come back and fill out another application and they'd hire me right back. I never did though. A friend who worked in the main office told me later that she heard that the dr wasn't making as much money as they wanted and I was making more per hour than they wanted to pay so, they wanted to replace me with a cna/ma etc that they could pay less. They told me to come put in another application and they'd hire me back because if they hired me back they could start me out at a lower pay rate. The Dr gave me great references but, I was reluctant to try another clinic. The Dr quit several months later. I've had friends that have had wonderful experiences and others that have had even worse experiences than me. Good luck!