Urgent Care Experience...

PediatricRNTX · Apr 22, 2014

Man I wish allnurses had more action....other boards I post to have a lot more traffic and responses....bummed. Have a great day....if anyone reads this... :)

Sassy5d · Apr 22, 2014

Similar to ER fast track. Colds coughs rashes asthma sprains.. I would totally do an urgent care again.

PediatricRNTX · Apr 23, 2014

Thanks. I'm pretty interested...something new.

wheeliesurfer · Apr 23, 2014

Try giving a post more than 2 hours to sit before becoming disappointed in the "lack" of replies. If you post during a time of day when many people are at work then the replies might take a bit longer to come in.

PediatricRNTX · Apr 23, 2014

Not just this post. Ive noticed several threads that get no replies, or a reply five years later. I love this site. I just wish it was like other boards where you get several replies ...and not a year later.

OldDude · Apr 24, 2014

I work part time in a pediatric urgent clinic; for the past 10 years or so. We have x-ray and basic labs available on site. We get some injuries and visits that are appropriate for what the facility is intended to be used for but mostly it's an after hours office visit clinic; 95% medicaid patients. It looks like you're from Houston so you are familiar with the demographics of the patient population. My facility is staffed by a pool of local pediatricians and nurse practioners so there are different providers every day; which of course dictates how hard you work. You know, one provider orders a bunch of labs versus one that doesn't. One pattern that is constant is you'll get a rush of patients the 30 minutes prior to closing time. The word on the street being that they'll get out faster if they sign in at closing time since the staff is tired and wanting to go home. Our hours are 5p-10p M-F and 1P-10P Sat and Sun. On average we'll see 40 to 60 patients/shift during the week and 60 to 80 patients/shift on the weekend. At my clinic we'll usually get out between 11:00 pm and 1:00 am according to the census and provider working (the latest I've been there is 2:30 am). We do some splinting, crutch training, laceration repairs, breathing treatments, injections, etc., and of course, the occasional emergency that gets transported to the ER but it's mostly simple medical visits that leave with various and sundry prescriptions. It's not a good "full time" job fit if you have kids that have activities after school or weekends. Otherwise it beats the heck out of 12 hour ER shifts. I hope this is helpful and good luck.