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We are electronic, but the nurses do not answer questions, do Rx refills, or any of that, I do all that. They just have to room patients and do procedures. We have had refresher courses and actually have had 3 different people work with 2 MAs on BPs, and still had trouble. That is why I am concerned though, I do the training along with 2 other RNs and the doctors. When I have interviewed MAs, I have had some that can't read the stadiometer, put BP cuffs on wrong. Where do you find good MAs? We developed a test for nurses and only bring in the ones that do satisfactory on it. But it seems like we are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

That's why I posted the question, this is my first office job, Employees are not necessary souring, they arent up to par skill wise. I have MAs that struggle with BPs, it takes over a month to train on the basics, alot of charting errors. I posted the question to see how other offices run, to get ideas on things to change, how to make workflo better. When I am filling in back there, I have no problem getting things done and keeping up. Logistically me being back there is not a permanent fix because I have my own tasks to complete. I just need ideas to take back to the doctors to try and improve things.

We never have more than 1 nurse/MA per doctor, the max doctors we have here at one time is 3. The nurses share the nurse visits. Also, I do all phone triage, the nurses/MAs do no phone calls.

I am an RN working in a primary care office with 5 physicians. I was hired in to do telephone triage, and odd and end QA stuff. We have been having alot if staffing issues, recently had to let go 2 long standing employees due to some issues and cannot find new staff. We have hired an MA and RN and they are just not working well. The MA used to be spot on with skills, but super slow (snail speed) and the RN was doing great and now seems to be getting an attitude and making stupid mistakes. The staff cannot keep up with the doctors and it is becoming very stress ful for me. We have 1 nurse to 1 doctor, each doctor sees up to 40 patients per day. The nurses are responsible for rooming patients, charting, vitals if needed, immunizations and other typical office procedures. Any input on how your offices flow would be greatly appreciated. right now we have 3 RNs and 1 MA in the nursing area in addition to me. All the offices in our area are staffed by MAs and LPNs, how does that work? We haven't had a good MA in years!!!!! please help!!!

I do some hiring for the doctor's office I work for, things that turn them off with resumes are words spelled incorrectly, no work experience, and some experience in the medical field. Unfortunately, we hired some new staff, LPNs and MAs, that were fresh out of school, and had alot of problems. On your resumes, if you went to school for something and did not work in that setting, IE-a medical secretary, or MA, or if there is a large gap in your employment history, that is a big turn off. With the economy the way it is, there are alot of hospitals cutting back. I am more than happy to look at resumes and give a different perspective, all I can say is keep trying. When we post jobs, we get 50+ resumes, unfortunately, we cannot get back to everyone, it is not possible, so dont be so hard on a prospective employer if they don't respond, just keep trying, after you send a resume, follow up 4-5 days later with a call 'hey this is------- I just wanted to make sure you recieved my resume. Are you interviewing now' that lets the employer know that you are really interested.

If you would be willing, can you send me your resume, I can review and maybe give some suggestions and help. [email protected].

Ahuja has a lot of openings--I get emails all the time for cleveland clinic,

To those who are new grads looking for jobs, ever consider clinic or physician office position?

Where are you located?

I work for 4 female younger pediatricians. They make all physicals undress down to their underwear. They check external genetalia on all patients to stage development (tanner stage). and to screen for anomalies.

That's why they call them wimpy white boys. African americans to better, females better than men

I was in the same position, but I chose to get a med surg job for 2 years then had no problem getting job at peds hospital. I now work telephone triage at a busy pediatric office and love it. We are actually looking to now hire RNs, I have a question though, what is the starting wage for a peds clinic?

I worked in the NICU, loved it, but you have to be a special type of person to work in NICU. My advice is try and get into float pool for a while and you will experience all units in the hospital and can make an educated decision