Hi everyone :) I graduated May 3, 2013 with my ASN. I have been married for 20 years and have three beautiful children (9, 6, 4). I'm 38. I have recently been offered a job as an OR nurse...YAY! :)
Since I graduated nursing school, I networked very hard to get a position in the OR. Since I started this journey a few years ago, the OR was the only place I wanted to be. Now, I am in full swing in the OR with preceptors and I can tell you, your...
michele742 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room
Hi there :) I am an amateur, as I just started in the OR right out of nursing school on July 8th. However, as a circulator in the OR we check in the patient at pre-op and when the case is over we move with anesthesia with the patient to PACU and giv...
michele742 replied to Woopsadaisy's topic in Operating Room
Oh no! I'm so sorry Whoops Well, let me tell you...just from the sound of it...sounds like their 'periop' program is nonexistent. Having said that, I immediately felt like it was their failure in not training you that lead to this...NOT YOURS!! ...
michele742 replied to Woopsadaisy's topic in Operating Room
I'm a new OR nurse, just out of school too! I have been in the periop 101 program for one month now. For the first month we did nothing but bookwork and meetings to go over the bookwork. Everything from sterile technique to putting items on the fi...
michele742 replied to Nolander's topic in Operating Room
I am a brand new OR nurse (graduated May 2013) and we are being taught "Circulating" only. We have plenty of surgical techs and they are the ones who scrub in. We are a 528 bed facility and we only use the techs for scrubbing in a case.
michele742 replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room
I am also a brand new RN...just passed my boards last week and was hired for an OR periop program. I'm very excited :) But, I must admit, I have absolutely no idea what language you all are speaking in...other than supine and trocar...lol...but tha...
michele742 replied to umslalum's topic in Operating Room
Hi all :) I am a brand new RN grad (ADN) and I was just offered a position as an OR nurse in a perioperative program for one of my local hospitals. I worked tirelessly behind the scenes...contacting the nurse educator for the OR, the hiring manager...
michele742 replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I just got 'pinned' on April 29th and I also have been offered an RN position in the OR :) They are waiting for me to pass my boards but as the OR hiring manager said, "You're in! Now we are just waiting for you to take the boa...
Hi all! Update :) I have been formally offered a job in the OR!! They are holding it for me until I pass my NCLEX. So, looks like I will be an OR nurse. I'm very excited! So, off to the OR boards I go...but again, thank you for all your feedbac...
Hi all :) So, here I am graduating on Monday with my ADN...based on your feedback and my own research, I decided that becoming an LNC or Case Manager from home would have to wait. So, I decided to stick with what I love, the OR. I have had two in...
Thank you all so very much! Oh, and for the poster who seemed harsh...didn't bother me in the least :) Trust me...I have very thick skin and I am secure in my reasons for wanting to be a nurse that I don't feel I have to work on the floor to prove my...
Hello there! I am currently in an RN program for my ADN. I graduate in May. I worked at ** ******** in the OR as a PCT for 6 months and I most recently worked as a PCT in Neurology at **** Clinic for 6 months (resigned to finish out my last term i...
michele742 replied to monsterRN's topic in Operating Room
Hi all :) I'm a nursing student in my first term and just wanted to thank you for all the feedback on this thread. Right now I am trying to get into the OR as an ACP while in school. I LOVE OR/PACU. I worked a stint in OR/PACU some time ago and lo...
I'm a nursing student in my first term and I decided to go to a hospital job fair today. It was quite the eye opener!! RN's who passed NCLEX last May and beyond STILL looking for a nursing position. I know I am jumping the gun, but I really want t...