Dermatolgy Clinic

[PACNWNURSING]

I just got hired to a dermatology Ambulatory Surgical Center. Particularly to do mohs surgery. Does any one have any experience working in dermatology?

Thanks.

[mharrah]

I worked for a dermatologist for 1 1/2 years. Things I did included assisting with in office surgeries like ellipses, punch biopsies, shave biopsies, and reexcisions; treating precancerous lesions and warts with liquid nitrogen; electrodesiccation and curettage for basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas; scrapings and preparing slides to check for scabies; assisting with vein sclerosing. In all of these things, I only assisted the doctor. The few things that I did independently included removing sutures, dressing changes, pregnancy testing, preparing surgery fields, preparing syringes, and giving pathology results to patients. We did not do Mohs in this office. Instead we referred to a Mohs specialist and then saw them in follow up for post care of the surgery site. I did not remove Mohs sutures as they were too intricate, and the doctor wanted to take those out herself. Good luck with your new job! I found derm very interesting.