Back to work
I will be 2 weeks post op on Wednesday and will be heading back to work. I'm a visiting nurse and my job can be quite taxing. In my 8 hour shift I see 6 patients in 3 towns. I'm not going to lie. I'm a little worried. I have a couple ideas to cut down on the time that I'm actually visiting patients, like I can do all my charting later if need rather than in the home. How do you all do when you went back?
I did OK. I went back after 3 weeks. I do a lot of walking and work in 5 buildings. I lift computer equipment ocassionally, but I didn't lift anything the first week back. I was tired the first week back too. Take it easy on yourself.
Consult 12/9/13, Pre-Surgery Appt 9/5/14, Surgery 9/23/14, Height/5'.52", HW/273, ConsW/268 ConsBMI/49, PreSurW/213 PreSurBMI/39, SurW/193.8 SurBMI/35.4, Drs GW/140-150 My 1st GW/160 2nd GW/145
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I was a cheap date to anesthesia and was still very listless 2 weeks post op. There's no way I could return to work. What will you do if you have to lift a patient? You're not supposed to lift anything more than 8 lbs for 8 weeks.
Valerie
DS 2005
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I don't lift pts in home care. The patients are home and should either be able to physically care for themselves or have a caretaker. If I was still working in the hospital or something it would be a different story. My bag is heavy but I think I will just take in the bare Essentials. Though it seems like many of you have come back after 3 weeks rather than 2. Yikes I'm torn