Office Manager ?

[mharrah]

I have been offered an office management position for a dermatologist. I have told her in the past I wanted to work as an RN in her office. Now since her OM quit, she thinks it is a great opportunity for me. But it is just front office work, and I would not get to work with patients much, because there are already enough RN's. What do you all think? Wouldn't it kind of be like taking a step down...like the opposite of a promotion?

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

What are your goals? Making things run smoothly can be very rewarding, which is ideally what an office manager does. There are so many different opportunities in nursing - you don't have to be doing what you typically think of as nursing tasks to be making a difference in the care provided to patients. :)

If you feel like the duties you would be performing are ones you would enjoy and would be competent at, and the pay is satisfactory, go for it!