OT & PT managing nurses?

[Roselyn, ADN, BSN]

I work for a nursing agency that gave the title of "clinical supervisors for the nursing department" to the OT and PT. We do have great nurses that could be the clinical supervisors for the nursing department. However, they chose the OT and PT.

OT and PT are giving nursing orders. They are the managers on-call on the weekends telling the nurses what to do.  

Has anyone seen OT and PT managing nurses? I worry that I am risking my RN license in this agency.

 

 

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

You're in charge of your own nursing practice. You risk your license if you act out of your scope or commit malpractice; merely working for an agency with a weird managerial set-up wouldn't do it.

That being said, it is  a very weird and potentially problematic system. Are there any other red flags there?

[Wuzzie]

11 hours ago, Roselyn said:

OT and PT are giving nursing orders. They are the managers on-call on the weekends telling the nurses what to do.  

 

1 hour ago, Jedrnurse said:

That being said, it is  a very weird and potentially problematic system. 

Having an OT/PT doing the routine managment of nurses (scheduling, budgets, discipline etc) is fine. I do not believe that they are legally allowed to give nursing orders. OP can you expand on what you mean by this?