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I've recently started working in a MD office. The Dr. is out of town and a patient called requesting an antibiotic. The office manager helps take calls, googled a bit and without talking to the Dr. called in a script. She says, "I know what the Dr. i...

nurseI56.... as far as the assistant working under the doctor's supervision, I thought that would entail the doctor being in the office and consulted about prescribing medications? It is being done without the doc knowing. I do know that I need a job...

Thanks. That's a good idea. I have thought about it and plan to talk to the Dr. first. Will post back with an update.

I don't want to give up that easy!! I love bedside nursing, just trying to figure out the secrets to doing it. All of this advice from everyone is EXTRA HELPFUL!! Thanks!!

I have been a nurse for about 3 years. I have about 9 months as a floor nurse and the rest of the time I worked in a doctors office. I have always felt slow from my first job out of nursing school. I am now back orienting to work on the floor again. ...

I guess every nurse just works within their own comfort level as far as integrity goes?? I'm not trying to be Ms. Perfect, I just feel so guilty if I were to make up something just to get the job done.

"My preceptor taught me to try not to be so wordy in my charting" When the requirement is that a note is made on every shift, it seems like charting starts to be the same for every patient. Such as....... "Patient denies pain, no distress noted. Call...

IRL?? In real life?? Is that what that means?

"And know that when you do your assessment, and document accordingly, you might find that nurses behind you are going to copy yours word for word....." This angers me sooo much! These nurses who copy look like they are great while I appear slow and...

From reading another post about cutting corners, it seems that all nurses do cut corners. So my dilemma is trying to figure out where I can safely do so. I am by the book kind of nurse and I'm finding out that is impossible to do. I'm afraid if I cut...

This is the hardest thing!! In nursing school, we are taught the "Gold Standard of Nursing". After 7 months on a telemetry floor with a patient ratio of 5 or 6 to 1 nurse, I learned that there is no way we can do everything the way we learned in scho...

I've been told by instructors that your resume is a marketing tool and to only put down the pertinent jobs to the position you are applying for. That is usually essential if one is to keep their resume to one page anyway. (Except for those "spring ch...

Thanks CaliBoy and Marshall1!!

I am applying for a contract job at the VA through an agency. I will be starting the VetPro process this week. As far as past employment goes, I am not sure if I should put down a couple jobs I had that only lasted about a month. I figured out those ...

Madwife2002 - Thanks so much for the encouragement and tips! Hearts Open Wide - Thanks for that reminder. We are all replaceable and some of us could be considered irreplaceable at the same time. Irreplaceable because some of us place a higher priori...

Seems like a valid analysis to me dlatimer. I'm not so sure that there is actually a nursing shortage. It seems to me like an administrative/budget issue and not being able or willing to hire nurses. I graduated with a LPN class of 36 in May and only...

Hi madwife, "It doesnt matter that outside that room chaos is happening, that 3 other pts need me as much if not more than the patient I am with. They at that moment are the most special important person in my working day" I totally agree with your...

I too am a later start nurse. 20 years of other work/school experience. I see what you mean. Thanks for your replies! I see you are an educator. I've always thought teaching may be a good fit for me after a many more years of school.

Job insecurity is the least of my worries right now. It's the patient care that I am appalled about. What do you mean about "Don't expect anything better"? I am just wondering how common it is to feel as I described above being fresh out of school?

I'm not even thinking of changing professions. I was born to be a nurse. I have always been motivated by a challenge and boy do I have a heck of one now. I may change the type of facility I work at eventually. I am pursuing RN and will have a broader...

Funny you should mention McD's. As I went through the drive thru the other day, I reminisced for a bit about how relaxing my jobs leading up to being a nurse were. Grass is always greener huh? Now I get my tail kicked on an almost daily basis.

I am a new grad LPN at a rehab facility. I am shocked at the expectations placed upon nurses! I'm also mortified at what some nurses call pt care. Those nurses get out on time, don't check placement on tube feedings, perform lame assessments, chart ...