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Have you seen scenarios like this happen? A nurse is not "on the clock" and is visiting a friend or family member who is a patient in the hospital in which she works. A physician gives a verbal order to consult another physician for this friend/family member. The "on the clock" nurses are very busy so the "off the clock" nurse writes the order. The physician giving the order knows the "off the clock" nurse works at this hospital, and the nurse routinely takes orders from this physician when "on the clock." The consult ordered was at the patient's request and the patient asked the "off the clock" nurse to help facilitate getting the consult. I feel like nurse-visitors in their own hospitals do this type of "helping" fairly often, even though it may be a somewhat questionable practice. I am wondering if other nurses have seen this?