For Reelz

I'm so sorry this is happening. I would collect my paycheck, wait out the 4 weeks and then move on without looking back.

So right you are. The only other provider there is a per diem physician who has staunchly said all along that he will not draw blood, administer vaccines, room his own patients, check vitals etc.

My mistake, right from the beginning, trying to have a post attitude and help out when needed.

Lesson learned!

For future reference, you should have responded by politely but firmly declining at the very beginning. Once you open the door you are done. The "team player" line is a successful tactic which causes many to cave. Like BCgradnurse asked and I'd be certain the physicians haven't been asked to "pitch in" so why are you? My employers know, and the couple who didn't learned quickly, that I don't do anything my physician colleagues don't do.

This reminds me of my favorite Dr. Phil line "People treat you how you let them treat you. How is that working for you?" !!!!

When I am tempted, or unsure how to proceed, I ask myself "would a doctor do this?"

For future reference, you should have responded by politely but firmly declining at the very beginning. Once you open the door you are done. The "team player" line is a successful tactic which causes many to cave. Like BCgradnurse asked and I'd be certain the physicians haven't been asked to "pitch in" so why are you? My employers know, and the couple who didn't learned quickly, that I don't do anything my physician colleagues don't do.

I'm not an advanced practice nurse. I bet routine add-ons can be wearing.

But...

Don't doing vital signs give you extra assessment time with the patient? If you were to give vaccinations, wouldn't that give you extra patient education time?

I'm not an advanced practice nurse. I bet routine add-ons can be wearing.

But...

Don't doing vital signs give you extra assessment time with the patient? If you were to give vaccinations, wouldn't that give you extra patient education time?

Perhaps- but that limits your ability to see more patients, decreasing your billing potential.

Thanks for the support everyone!

I just attended an interview for my replacement, and the hot topic was the need to "pitch in" anywhere and everywhere all the time.

So I get that they while they NEED someone who can cover the front desk, do all the MA tasks, be the office nurse, and when it's convenient for them be the provider too and as a result they are really pushing this team player thing being that kind of team player takes me away from the things I NEED TO DO and does very little to further the NP profession.

In retrospect, for the future I need to be aware of this particular spin on the team player thing before accepting a job in that organization.

You all have been my lifeline in a very trying time.

Thankis

I would have been one of those people to refuse right up front. I work in an inpatient surgical specialty, so I can't comment on outpatient minutiae specifically, but if they asked me to do anything an RN or MA should be doing - something a physician would never dream of doing - I would immediately refuse. I'm an NP. I spent a lot of time (3 year program in which I did ~3000 hours) and money (>$50,000) to get this degree and be able to do advanced provider work. Plus, the profession as a whole hurts when NPs let themselves be used like anything less than a NP.