Basically had trial by fire today and passed! Yay!
I started at a new clinic and I think almost everyone here has been in the situation where you feel like you have to “prove” yourself.
Emergency surgery today, everybody was crazy busy and slammed, so it was just me and the DVM I was working with. She asked me if I’ve ran anesthesia before I said yes that’s all I used to do, so she let me at it! Intubated, catheter placed, prepped, sx went well, recovery went fantastic. Super comfortable, everything just went so smoothly.
Got pulled aside by the lead tech who told me i kicked ass and they’ll be putting me on surgery! Super excited!! I finally feel comfortable at this clinic and feel confident in my skills again.
Idk why, but when I moved clinics I just felt like I had lost everything because this one runs so differently.
Posted Aug 14, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC