bengland

Hello all! A little about me first: I'm a 4 year nurse who has worked ER, CCU, SICU, MICU, NeuroICU, and Ortho-Neuro PACU. The Ortho-Neuro PACU has all acuities, some come out on vents, a pressor, and blood administration is pretty common. I do what's known as Phase One PACU nursing. Ok onto the second thing. I'm considering taking travel job for money and a life change (I need one so badly). The job is in an outpatient surgery center where they do plastic surgeries (face lifts, boob lifts, body lifts, noses, eyes, etc)...ENT/sinus surgeries...some eye surgeries. The patients go home the same day and are healthy, and the manager said never a ventilator or blood administration, that the PACU that Im used to is way more intense than her PACU. And I would be doing phase one AND two of recovery right there in my bay of the PACU. My question is... 1. Do you think I would have no problem doing the job considering I've never done plastics or the like? 2. Considering my background and that I'm currently in a higher acuity PACU now, would this new job be something I'd have little problem catching onto quickly? Opinions and tips appreciated! I want the job, but I've never been exposed to those types of surgeries, so they make me nervous. I've talked to some nurses I work with and they say I should go for it bc if I can do the PACU work I'm doing now, I could totally do the stuff the new job requires me to do. Tips for recovering plastic surgeries/eyes? I sure this seems long winded, I just want to be confident that it is do-able and not doubt myself so much. I tend to over think! Any help I'd appreciate.