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1. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Wow mrsmsh, I couldn't even imagine. I was in shock and worried when we found out we were getting our 3rd provider. Things have settled down for the most part at work due to having a nurse on phones...

2. Anyone Else Feel This Way?

   littlekaneRN replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

   We are in the same boat! I'm also 25, I work in an office and I am walking or standing most of the day. I don't get it. I wish I had some good advice for

3. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Thank you for the advice. i should clarify how our system works, nurses don't have a v mail line. All messages are created by the front desk (or who ever answered the call) and it's made into an...

4. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Pfchang, YES! We have one new nurse, the rest of the nurses are easily at minimum 6 months along! Most of us have been in the office for years! Years!! And I do not mean to sound like every nurse I...

5. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Thanks for responding, at our office no new is good news in terms of our biopsy and lab results. However, we have a lot of positive paths for skin cancers, we call new results daily. We don't have a...

6. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Wow I wish we'd try it out. nurses with providers see that pt from start to finish, any thing that happens during that visit is our responsibility, handling specimens, getting then lab slips, sending...

7. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Klone, how are things run in the clinic you work

8. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   The nurses all see patients with the providers. I only ever see my own when I do cosmetics(it's a derm office so some of us do peels or laser), which isn't all that often. Our docs see 6-7 pts/hr...

9. office setting nurses

   littlekaneRN replied to littlekaneRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Thanks for the reply klone. Our office actually has 11 RNs!! We have probably 8-9 working together on any given day and it usually comes down to 3-5 of us responsible to finish the calls. It all...

10. office setting nurses

    littlekaneRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hey everyone, this is a question and a rant so I apologize in advanced but I truly feel stuck. i am a nurse at a relatively small practice with 3 providers. Each doctor gets 2-3 nurses to help see...

11. Mohs Nursing

    littlekaneRN replied to Sarahrose17's topic in General Nursing

    I don't solely do mohs but I am in derm where we do mohs once a week-ish. I make 25.50/hr, living in PA. Did you just start? What are you

12. Mohs Surgery

    littlekaneRN replied to nursediesel's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I will say we have had a higher turn over in the past, not so much in the last year. I feel many nurses are looking for that "dream job" in a hospital. I feel lucky to work somewhere that's off all...

13. Mohs Surgery

    littlekaneRN replied to nursediesel's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hello! I work as an RN in an office that does mohs. i am responsible for setting up the sterile tray, rooming the pt, ensuring consents signed and review their hx. When the surgeon evaluated and marks...

14. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    littlekaneRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    - PA, outside of Philadelphia- $24.50/hr- Dermatology office- RN- ASN- 2 years exp- Full time- M-F days- No differential because no other shifts!- Assistant nurse

15. How long are medications good after being drawn up in syringe?

    littlekaneRN replied to gobux90's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    At my derm office we keep syringes for 1 week after drawing up lido w/ epi. We don't use clinda though so can't comment on that. We had an OSHA inspector come in and afterwards we limited use to 1...