I was expected to function independently; however, I felt my experience in major vascular (which in my new job we'd be doing alot of) was minimal. Therefore, my boss, whom I honestly informed her of my reservations during my job interview, gave me an intensive 3 weeks with another CRNA doing major vascular. That helped alot and from then on, I felt very comfortable. All the other types of cases we did I did not feel I needed this type of orientation.I worked for 3mo before I took boards in Dec and did not take night call. After I passed boards, I was worked into the call rotation (thank God, b/c I can't stand doing straight dayshift

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