Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

Re: Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

bongo — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:48:17 GMT

as your manager they should provide support and feedback, that is a big part of their job. There is nothing wrong with double checking calculations to make sure that they are correct, that is being conciencious.

I hope you start to feel better soon, these things improve with experience so stick at it and you will be just fine!

Re: Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

kitty fox — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:02:55 GMT

Thanks for all the responses everyone, they've made me feel a bit better.
I try to follow protocols and lists in my head. I also carry a notebook in my nurses pouch which has dot points and lists of how to do things. For some reason it hasn't seemed to have helped.
I think my job might be on the line here, and I'm very nervous cause I love my job. I will try and talk to the nursing manager about it but I have a feeling she won't be very helpful :(

Re: Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

Jill Macdonald — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:35:13 GMT

My thoughts are that if your manager has critised you for being 'too slow', then they must offer some guidance on 'where' you are too slow, and how they feel you could 'speed up'. Everyone works differently, and I have worked with those who rush around frantically, but miss many important details, send everyone else into a frenzy, and who are probably not actually any 'faster' than those who take a little more time and care. It is always prudent to double check doses etc - you can't take it back once you've injected it! One tip for maybe speeding up checking drug doses is to compile a chart with all your common drugs with weights and amounts in mls - just as a quick double check after you have done an accurate calculation as to whether you are correct. It is also useful to have a set sequence of tasks for each procedure you do - so you always follow that, and don't miss things and have to go back and add things - for example, setting up theatre - get used to doing things in a certain order and stick to that. Hospitalised patients - have a set routine - check, vet to check, write on hosp sheet, write up and price on record, phone owner with an update etc. Having set protocols means that you are less likely to miss things, gives you some structure, and makes you more efficient. I would definitely go back to your manager though, and ask for more guidance on this. I have to say, in 15 years of vet nursing, I have never heard of anyone being chastised for being too slow; maybe I have just always been lucky enough to work with a team who understands that we all work at different rates, and there are pros an cos to both. Hope this helps...

Re: Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

SmegSlayer — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:19:20 GMT

I get this too even after 10yrs. I was recently told that my work rate was faster a few weeks ago but is now too slow and I haven't changed the way I do anything between those two times.

Re: Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

Selena Carnell — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:22:58 GMT

I always got moaned at for being slow, my math is terrible so I was always slow at calculating but always got the vet to check if I was unsure.

Re: Being efficent in the clinic - help please?

FINNIGAN — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:36:14 GMT

oh poor you, dont feel too down, id rather work with someone who is slow and carefull, who re checks things over than work with someone whos fast and doesnt take time to re check stuff, thats when mistakes are made, ive been in practise now for 8 years and qualified for 2, i still double check my calculations there is nothing wrong in that, do u have someone there that u can talk to, some one who could just be ur mentor for a little while to help you get your confidence back ?? dont feel disheartned im sure u will be ok,