Hired as a PNP, forced to work as an RN

[HelloNurse80]

So I was hired as a PNP at a pediatric urgent care. Then COVID happened. I have never been trained to work as an RN at an Urgent Care clinic... but they are forcing me to work as an RN. Are they allowed to do that? I have spoken up about not being OK with this... all that has bought me is a meeting with the director about meeting their standards of behavior. When I talked to my manager, the response was "at this time we need RNs more than we need providers." Let it also be known that 2 new doctors were hired in December. They start this month meanwhile our doctors and myself are not getting our hours as providers. What do you think?

[Subee2, BSN, MSN, CRNA]

21 hours ago, HelloNurse80 said:

Well, I don't have a contract!! I just have a noncompete... I looked up the values before my meeting and tried to rebut using them, but they rebutted my right back, they're trained professionals. I was warned about how my meeting was going to be, and it went EXACTLY as it has gone for other: providers, UCs, MAs, RTs... they have excuses for their self serving nature down.

I have been sending my resume to every pediatrician whether they have an open position or not.. There's a few positions that were actually looking for a PNP, one was 1hr 20 mins away from 16 shifts a month with no call (but I may be able to talk them in to a couple less shifts if I do nights because day shift is 10 hrs long and night shift is 14 hrs long (we'll see), one is 30 mins away and 13 shifts a month... we'll see if any of those pan out. I don't even know what kind of salary to expect, because this place pays NOTHING... but, then again, I was talking to a fellow NP I worked with a few years back and she actually made a few thousand less than me, so I guess I shouldn't complain. The main hospital hires at a VERY decent rate for the area, so I guess I'm just used to their $$$.

I don't know if you would want to stay there under any circumstances, but non compete clauses can be nullified and I don't know if the egregrious violations they are asking you to make, just might give you ammunition.

[discomonkey]

It's extremely stressful to be thrust into a position you didn't sign up for, so I can totally see why you're upset about what you're being asked to do. The Covid situation is unprecedented, so it may not be a reflection of a toxic environment generally. There's also no guarantee that the next place will be better. Employers can be *** hats, but unless they're asking for sex or you're in a union, they can pretty much ask you to do whatever they want, with you're only true recourse being to quite. On the bright side, medical professionals who are going above and beyond their normal duties to help fight covid are being widely celebrated. One day you might be considered a hero for stepping up in a dark period in history. To put it one way, maybe you joined the navy to be a medic, but if the ship is sinking and the captain orders all hands on deck, you better go up there.