mangobrains

1 to 40 in an unsupportive day shift environment is too much. I worked a year, evening shift on a supportive LTC and most of the time I never got out on time. I never figured out a safe "trick" to the med pass with all the extra stuff like families, and falls. Life is too short to be that stressed. I would suggest trying pediatric private duty nursing. They welcome new grad lpns. They have various types of cases and you only focus on 1 pt, and many times the families are very knowledgeable on their care and equipment. My favorite case was going to preschool with a kid with a trach who was pretty much stable.

Thanks for the advice. Well, I applied to 2 positions at the same time, OR and ortho surgery. 2 hours later, ortho surgery called me for an interview. No response from the OR. Interviewed 2 weeks later. 30 min interview with 4 managers. Got hired. Started orientation 2 weeks later. Its crazy how fast the hiring process was, but we are in some crazy times with this pandemic.

I previously worked at a surgical center as an RN surgical assistant, where one of our tasks was giving SQ lidocaine on faces, and everywhere else on the body for surgery. Sometimes, my hands would shake when giving the injections. I worked there for 6 months, and I guess my insecurities, nervousness about the job would show in that way. I was asked to resign because of other minor things. One of my nightmares after that was thinking I could have poked someones eye out. After that, I did a year in LTC, and some time in private duty nursing. 8 years later, I have never had shaky hands after that job. I would like to apply a nurse residency for the OR in the hospital and was wondering if that's something that would affect that job. I don't think I would have shaky hands since I'm not giving SQ injections on a patients face. I'm also worried about the application part for checking the box if eligible for rehire. Would checking no be the kiss of death? TIA

Worked in Derm/surgical clinic that specialized in mohs a couple years ago for about 6 months. For that clinic it was mostly minor surgeries and the MA's, LPN's, and RN's all assisted in surgery. After working for a period of time, they (MA/LPN/RN) all got training in closing/suturing.