As the title says, I have been hired to work in the emergency rooms of a few local hospitals. I will be working as a medical scribe and assisting the ED physicians with the EMR, documenting the entirety of the physician's interaction with each patient. Each shift is 10 hours and I may have to work overnight. My employer requires the scribes to work at least two shifts every week minimum.
My question is, anybody out there who has successfully worked a medical scribe job and also kept your head above water during nursing school? I just applied to (hopefully!!) start in August. I also realize this job is really more popular for pre-med students than nursing students, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to put this on my resume and get the hospital experience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! :)
I hope that it is encouraging that your post is useful and relevant for other people pursuing nursing even after 2 years has past since your initial post!
There are a couple weeks until my second interview for getting hired as a scribe and I start nursing school in a little less than 5 months. This scribe program requires a 2 year commitment and they also require the scribes to work at least 2 shifts every week minimum as well. I was hoping to hear how you balanced/ are balancing both the scribe program and nursing school. How have you found working as a scribe beneficial for future nurses even though it is more recommended for pre-med students? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE!
MurseSmith22
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Hello Miss Infermiera2b!
I hope that it is encouraging that your post is useful and relevant for other people pursuing nursing even after 2 years has past since your initial post!
There are a couple weeks until my second interview for getting hired as a scribe and I start nursing school in a little less than 5 months. This scribe program requires a 2 year commitment and they also require the scribes to work at least 2 shifts every week minimum as well. I was hoping to hear how you balanced/ are balancing both the scribe program and nursing school. How have you found working as a scribe beneficial for future nurses even though it is more recommended for pre-med students? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE!