Dr Office

[One2go]

Does anyone have any ideas about working in a Doctors office / clinic / unit clerk in Dallas? I am reinstated and looking at possibilities for a job and an extensive orientation to return to work. I know you can’t work as the nurse until cleared for tpapn but surely I would be allowed for office work. I sent a resume on Craigslist for a front office position and received an email back asking if I wanted to interview. It’s work and I would be in the correct setting for returning to practice? Does anyone know if I could take blood pressure? How does delegation from doctors to unlicensed personnel work? Anyone know?

[catsmeow1972, BSN, RN]

At least in my state, my understanding is/was that if willing, the physician could function as your supervisor (presuming you’ve got the supervision stips and what the exact details are). Of course that would have to be cleared with your minder. Office nursing, if you can get it sounds ideal. Regardless of any contract, doc delegates to you, you perform (within the confines of your scope of practice). That also includes delegating approprialty to unlicensed personnel.

good luck, I hope it works for you.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

So....you're an RN or LVN. You're applying for a desk job that is not classified as a "nursing" position. Doctors delegate an awful lot to MAs and CNAs. But MA/CNA have a different scope of practice. So a doc can train a layperson to take a BP in his/her office. You're different - you know what normal and abnormal values are and you might even know to start some kind of first aid (lie down, drink some water, we'll recheck in 10-15 minutes, what have you). Be very careful that you do not slip into a nursing practice if you have not been hired to do so - because your re-entry may have stipulations to it. Best of luck.

[Eris Discordia BSN, RN]

I would check to see if you are allowed to work in medical at all first. When I was at the start of my program and looking for temporary, pre-nursing work, my program did not allow me to even mop floors in a medical building. I was not allowed to be in any building related to medicine (including dentistry, etc.) I would double check first. And it wasn't because I was a criminal or on any exclusion lists, because I wasn't. It was just my program's policy.