Limits of training - hospital rounds?

[TXERRN]

Trained as an adult np, I did not receive any hospitilized patient care training. I only received primary care training -- in didactic and clinical preparation.

The MD I'm working for now wants me to do rounds and take call for hospitilized patients (including critical care).

I never even worked as a floor nurse, only ER.

Am I treading into muddy-legal waters or can I have him train me to do this?

Am I wrong for wanting to run away from this job and find another?

Thanks for any comments.

:uhoh21:

[globalRN]

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Hospitalized patients are obviously more acute than outpatients. I would be hesitant +++to take call (including critical care)

if your NP education & training did not prepare you for ACNP work. Even if you have had RN experience in critical

care, it is not the same when you are working as an NP.

I am a FNP who works in a hospital outpatient setting.

Much more than primary care/clinic care but still nothing

compared to inpatient care of medically complex acutely ill patients.

For the sake of your peace of mind and your license,

I'd pass on taking call.

:uhoh21:

Trained as an adult np, I did not receive any hospitilized patient care training. I only received primary care training -- in didactic and clinical preparation.

The MD I'm working for now wants me to do rounds and take call for hospitilized patients (including critical care).

I never even worked as a floor nurse, only ER.

Am I treading into muddy-legal waters or can I have him train me to do this?

Am I wrong for wanting to run away from this job and find another?

Thanks for any comments.

:uhoh21:

[TXERRN]

Thanks. That is what my gut (and my professors) have told me. I'll be looking for another job for the sake of keeping my license.

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Hospitalized patients are obviously more acute than outpatients. I would be hesitant +++to take call (including critical care)

if your NP education & training did not prepare you for ACNP work. Even if you have had RN experience in critical

care, it is not the same when you are working as an NP.

I am a FNP who works in a hospital outpatient setting.

Much more than primary care/clinic care but still nothing

compared to inpatient care of medically complex acutely ill patients.

For the sake of your peace of mind and your license,

I'd pass on taking call.

:uhoh21: