I worked in the pharmacy as a licensed pharmacy technician and love it. This made me familiar with medications and insurance companies. This was my first experience In the medical field. Then I wanted to be closer and more involved with patients so I became a medical assistant. This allowed me to interact with patients, give injections, do blood draws, blood pressure, and other in office testing.After this, I went to LPN school and completed the VA required hours of clinicals and graduated. I started working as a hospice nurse and did lots of live in caregiver. I have experience with: g tubes, wound changes, monitoring vitals, administering medication and of course the basic help with living such a laundry, preparing meals erc.
Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.
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