Moe 103 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I work in a very busy peds office with hours similar to an ER (8 AM- 10 PM seven days a week). PAs work 40 hour/week and see 8-10 patients/hour. I understand that this is not typical for the average peds office, but I am curious to see what the average income is for peds PAs. Please include years of experience and whether you take night call. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown10 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 8-10 patients an hour!!!!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdj89 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I work in a very busy peds office with hours similar to an ER (8 AM- 10 PM seven days a week). Thanks. you work those hours seven days a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Nooo that's the office hours :). Lollll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe 103 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 I work two eight hour shifts and two twelve hour shifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcstout Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 8-10 pts an hour? Maybe you are including the parents that are with the children in that number?:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcstout Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I just noticed the subject of your sentence was "PAs" so that must mean that you meant ALL the PAs in your office see 8-10/hour combined. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I worked in a very busy peds office where we easily saw 10 peds pts/hr. When the internet appeared that went down drastically b/c parents realized that their children had viral URIs and we don't give ABX for a virus. There are a lot of asthma cases b/c parents of asthmatic children refuse to give up smoking...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thumbs up there Marilyn. As an MA (for now) in a busy peds office (4 docs at any given time, so about 15-22pt/hr) we see sooo many asthma cases due (likely) to parental cigarette use. It's very sad. I worked in a very busy peds office where we easily saw 10 peds pts/hr. When the internet appeared that went down drastically b/c parents realized that their children had viral URIs and we don't give ABX for a virus. There are a lot of asthma cases b/c parents of asthmatic children refuse to give up smoking...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe 103 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 I just noticed the subject of your sentence was "PAs" so that must mean that you meant ALL the PAs in your office see 8-10/hour combined. Right? Each practitioner (doc, PA or NP) is scheduled 2-3 patients every fifteen minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acozadd Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Each practitioner (doc, PA or NP) is scheduled 2-3 patients every fifteen minutes. That leaves enough time for a brief introduction, a handful of questions, a couple physical tests... that's about it. It can take 3+ minutes to adequately educate a patient on a topic, let alone that being the ENTIRE time you are given for that patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted March 5, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2011 a lot of places have substituted after vist handoutS for education sadly enough. "here is a handout on asthma, if you have any questions let me know". NEXT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrt Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Some of the peds clinics in my area have algorithms the MAs follow for specific complaints. Most of the work is done BEFORE doc sees pt, including nebulizer treatments, x-rays and lab. Scripts just need signature and doc places a stethoscope on a belly or chest...very sad. Of course, many of these kiddos end up in our unit a few days later either dehydrated or in resp. distress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Woah woah woah, the MA gives a SABA purely based on an algorithm without a clinicians order? Isn't that illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicnubs Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Thumbs up there Marilyn. As an MA (for now) in a busy peds office (4 docs at any given time, so about 15-22pt/hr) we see sooo many asthma cases due (likely) to parental cigarette use. It's very sad. This is nothing short of infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe 103 Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Because our office has such long hours of operation combined with the fact that we area open seven days a week our patients have easy access to close follow-up. Introductions are not needed as most patients have seen each practitioner on multiple occasions. A pediatric ill physical is usually very focused. Three minutes of patient education is about 1 minute longer than the parent is listening to you. Most of the patient flow is for Medicaid patients who utilize our office or the ED on a whim because they have no co-pay. We have little to no wait time so a visit to the office might only take a total of 20 minutes out of their day. I am sure that if Medicaid charged as little as $5 for a co-pay the number of visits would fall by 20%. This is a topic for another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrt Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Woah woah woah, the MA gives a SABA purely based on an algorithm without a clinicians order? Isn't that illegal? Everything is done in clincian's own office: SOB infant= Neb, flu, rsv etc Sore throat=strep test...you get the picture It was a sad rotation I must say. Unfortunately also one of the busiest clinics in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I understand that, as I am an MA for the biggest peds office in suburban long island, ny and I do many of these things myself. Now, my original question was about the ma giving all these meds and doing these things without the practitioners orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicnubs Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Everything is done in clincian's own office:SOB infant= Neb, flu, rsv etc Sore throat=strep test...you get the picture It was a sad rotation I must say. Unfortunately also one of the busiest clinics in the area. I bet you get a lot of SOB infants in pediatrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 It was a sad rotation I must say. Unfortunately also one of the busiest clinics in the area. Umm........... [ATTACH=CONFIG]731[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I bet you get a lot of SOB infants in pediatrics. Not as much as I do in geriatrics. Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Not as much as I do in geriatrics. Lmao It seems SOB is found in all age groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Ha! Andersen, I meant my prev. post as a joke, ala infants in geriatrics.. since infants are only in peds; I was trying to be a smart guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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