Help! RN at Medical-Spa.....

mrsalby · Apr 17, 2007

Wow,

What a great opportunity! I am graduating from nursing and hope to eventually do esthetics and nursing together. I worked in Florida as an esthetician and electrologist for over 18yrs and performed micro dermabrasion, chemical peels, laser hair removal etc. I owned my own business and loved it! Met and married military and moved so I sold the business and started school full time at new station.

You can do more in esthetics with an RN and the field is sooooo exciting. Don't be nervous, if they are willing to educate you and send you to "school" to learn about the skin and treatment side of it you are about to enter a fascinating career.

Some things to focus on at the interview is interpersonal skills, the customer is number one, people skills etc. The $$ are up front and elective and most businesses bank on return customers. Of course don't forget the clinical stuff to. You can demand a nice hourly fee and consider asking for a percentage of fees paid for treatments you do.

Also ask for him to provide malpractice insurance. You can find some inexpensively with Allied Health Association if they will cover you as an RN. OR make sure you are covered under a policy somewhere as an RN specifying coverage for the treatments you are doing Ex: laser hair removal (specify type of laser), Photofacials (type of machine and light), cellulitis tx (specify tx and machine), electrolysis etc. That way there are no loop holes and demand this as part of pay package or reimbursement for it. If he provides it, demand proof of insurance that you keep and proof of renewals. Do not do anything without it. Everyone can react differently to tx when it comes to skin and my experience has been that no matter how hard you educate someone about going to a tanning bed or in the sun after a tx, they will ignore you and do it anyway.

So this brings us to inquiring about tx release forms and education of tx and after care forms releases. Do not let them out of the door without signing they acknowledge risks if they smoke, drink or get in the sun, tanning or add additional tx etc.

If you have more questions PM me

Good luck

Good luck...I envy you!

tabymac · Apr 17, 2007

WOW!!! thanks soooo much for all the info - I am VERY excited and I will PM you after I find out what happens.......

zenman · Apr 17, 2007

Might want to check with your BON to make sure it's legit in your state.

Blee O'Myacin, BSN, RN · Apr 17, 2007

Well, I used to do this part time, and it didn't work out for me - I was at the office more days per week, at times where I needed babysitters, worked less hours, but still had to pay my sitters the same amount - if not more - than when I worked at the hospital. So I recently went back to the hospital.

Find out how much "sales" you are responsible for. Are you simply giving a price when a client asks while on the table, or are you referring them back to the consultation office? Are you going to be doing the consults and "sealing the deal" or are you going to be solely at the business end of the laser?

I found myself getting irritated at the clients who are rude, who try to "get one over one you" and insist that they paid for more body parts than they actually did. (ie - full leg instead of lower leg - full privates instead of a bikini line) - Clients who get angry because they don't follow instructions and then call the office screaming because they turned red, or had some skin peeling.

So the upshot is this. You are working with people who are generally healthy, want to take care of themselves (ideally), and are paying cash for a service. They expect to be catered to and have their behinds kissed. Frankly, I'm not cut out for "customer service". I'll do my darnest to get you out of vtach, cover your eviserated abdominal incision with sterlie dressings and saline and stay with you until surgery gets there, hold your family's hand when they are making the decision whether or not to continue with treatment, but to smile and eat poo because someone didn't like the fact that 80-90% permanent hair removal doesn't mean that they will "never have to shave again"! Umm... no thanks.

If this is a large practice, talk to some other RNs there and see what they have to say about it. I'm just grumpy... :lol2: I really did like the people I worked with and was sad to leave the practice, but I was climbing the walls.

Blee

MelodyRNurse · Apr 17, 2007

That is sooo interesting, I didn't know that kind of position existed for nurses!! Maybe I'll move to Florida!!