GI nurse seeking guidance on new job 🫣

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Hello all! I am hoping to have some input on my concerns with a new position.... I've been in endo for a few years and have recently picked up a contract in a new city on the east coast. This facility has nurse led conscious sedation which is new to me, I am worried because the standard here is one nurse working with one doc. No tech ever. Is this normal? I feel like it may be unsafe due to the nurse having to divide focus from monitoring vitals and helping with tools/polyp retrieval. Also they have one nurse doing both prep and recovery simultaneously I have never come across that even when working in a busy ASC, I also find it hard to focus on recovering patient while doing an intake at the same time. Am I just inexperienced and this is normal? Feeling overwhelmed and worried. 😟 
thanks in advance. 

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