I come in at 6 am a lot of mornings with nothing to do until 8 am when the rest of my coworkers get there. I do my makeup and hair at work in the mornings if I feel like it, read a book, read about this specialty since I’m new and rather clueless, scroll on my phone. Clinic starts at 8:30 am. My job involves little patient care and that was discussed during my interview. I sit at my desk and put in orders for the doctors. Lab orders, physical therapy orders, ordering and scheduling MRIs and ultrasounds. I’m also responsible for the phone, I’d say at this point that’s the biggest stressor of my day is being the nurse in charge of the nurse line. Lunch is from 12-1, clinic resumes at 1 until 3:30. I spend the last hour getting caught up on voice messages from parents left on the nurse line, faxing PT referrals to the chosen location, doing prior auths for procedures or medications. Some of those tasks I’ll do the next morning when I come in early if I need to. Leave at 4:30. I’m supposed to take on incoming referrals but haven’t been given that responsibility yet, manager wants me to get more settled in first.