Family Practice Jobs For RNs

Many competent registered nurses may have				setting. Hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are
reservations about working in a doctor's office				examples of acute care settings. While it's true
because they may think salary and benefits are				that working in an acute care setting will maintain
not competitive. This couldn't be farther from the				the nurse's clinical skills such as inserting and
truth. Many, doctors pay their office nurses very				maintaining IV's, maintaining feeding tubes and
lucrative salaries that are in line with many				inserting foley catheters, the family RN can still
hospitals.				utilize their skills such as administering injections.
The registered nurse who chooses employment in				Nurses who choose to work in the family practice
the family practice doctor's office can look				office will enjoy the social aspect of interacting
forward to utilizing their clinical skills such as blood				with patients. Many times in the acute care setting
drawing, performing accu checks, and				the nurse's time is very limited at the bedside, so
administering EKG's. Another job duty for the				their interaction with patients can be minimal.
office nurse are patient call backs. Patients				However, the nurse who works in an office
frequently call the family practice office seeking				setting may be able to offer more of their time
medical advice for routine medical questions that				to the patient and demonstrate their social skills
although don't require an actual visit, do require				to a nervous patient that may be awaiting test
competent advice from either the doctor himself,				results or is anxious about an impending diagnosis.
or a registered nurse.				The office nurse that can help a patient cope with
More often than not, the doctor will be tied up				anxiety is a valuable asset to the practice. The
with patients and therefore the patient call backs				confident RN maintains a positive flow and energy
will be done by the RN. The family physician				in the office and that positive energy and
needs a knowledgeable nurse that can answer the				confidence transcends to the patients. Registered
patient's questions and address their concerns.				nurses are fortunate to have a variety of career
Family practice jobs for RN's also provide the				choices before them. From acute care to doctors
nurse with a flexible alternative to hospital nursing.				offices and many choices in between, the
The family practice doctor's office can afford the				competent compassionate registered nurse is a
nurse with flexible hours and holidays off. These				necessity to the families practice office.
jobs are very compatible for the retired nurse				The registered nurse that chooses to work in a
who is seeking employment after a prolonged				office setting may be relieved to find that the
absence from the profession.				amount of paperwork which is so prevalent in the
Family practice jobs are also a welcome relief for				hospital setting is reduced to a bare minimum. To
nurses who need a change from the acute care				most nurses, that's a good thing.

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Family Practice Jobs For RNs