Hospice NP asked to perform RN visits?

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I'm a hospice NP with over ten years of experience. I've just started a new Hospice NP position, and my supervisor wants me to learn the RN charting, so they can use me as needed as an RN. I'm uncomfortable with this. I haven't worked as an RN in over ten years, I've never been asked to perform anything other than my NP role in previous jobs. I don't want to do it. I don't know the nursing side, and have functioned mainly like an MD, prescribing, writing orders and doing F2Fs.

What do you think? 

Specializes in Hospice and Palliative Care.

I'm in that position now.  I agreed to it but I'm getting tired of it.  I'm ACHPN NP and I agreed to do admissions (RN job) in a pinch.  Well, since hospices do indeed tend to run lean, I do way more admissions than I had anticipated.  Doing F2Fs does get pretty routine too so not sure which is better/worse.  If I had it to do over, I likely would not have agreed to the hospice admissions.

 

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