Injection question, please help

[Alice L]

Hello,

I work at a clinic as RN in a small town. The clinic (A) is independent practice and located inside a hospital facility/addiction treatment center (B).

Dr. D works with our clinic and Dr. S works with the treatment center.

The hosptial staff is asking me to provide injection for their inpatients because they don't have any nurse working with them.

I have no problem to give injections. However I do have concerns:

1. A and B has no direct relationship and uses different EMR . I usually take order from Dr. D. 

Since I am not hired by the center nor work with Dr. S before. Can I take order from Dr. S and give injection to his patients/inpatients？

2. lets say I can take order from any MD, I have no medical record of the patient and no access to their EMR then have no way to document my actions/injections. what should I do in this situation？

3. Any advices or inputs are welcome.

Thank you for your help!

Alice

[klone, MSN, RN]

Wait, how is it that there is an inpatient unit full of patients, but no nurse taking care of them? Who employs/owns that inpatient unit, and who is your employer?

I would say that if the inpatient unit is owned by a company/organization that is NOT also your employer, you should not be going in there and providing care to the patients there.

[sleepwalker, MSN, NP]

On 8/5/2022 at 3:50 PM, Alice L said:

The hosptial staff is asking me to provide injection for their inpatients because they don't have any nurse working with them.

Why are they admitting and why do they have admitted pt's requiring treatment by a nurse when they don't have one on staff?

The answer is...you're not their staff. Why would you put your license on the line for a facility for you don't work for?

If your MD is worried about his relationship with the inpatient clinic he can volunteer to do the injections himself...not volunteer his staff to provide services.