u/trebarunae

Hello all,

I graduated from a nurse practitioner program about a year ago, and I was hired at a tertiary care, hematology oncology hospital. The place provides both inpatient and outpatient care to patients, and I am focused on the outpatient aspect of things. I impaired with an oncologist. He’s very nice. I see patients who require no clinical decision at all. When a medication needs to be called and by medication, I’m not talking about chemotherapy but even uncomplicated things like an anti antibiotic for a UTI or a URI I have to have it run by him and he tells me what to order. My role is pretty much to put orders either labs, referrals, or medication’s. I do not get to make any independent clinical decision and this has me very frustrated. The pay is good for what I do, but I can’t help but feeling humiliated. I liked oncology but at this point I’d rather do primary care and be autonomous rather than just acting like a scribe or parrot.

What should I do?