michele742

michele742 specializes in OR.

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1. What does it takes to be OR nurse

   michele742 replied to CanCan's topic in Operating Room

   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...

2. Have you gone from a level 1 hhospital to a small community hospital?

   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...

3. Struggling/new OR RN.

   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!! ...

4. Struggling/new OR RN.

   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...

5. How many of you both circulate AND scrub?

   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.

6. NCLEX Without Kaplan Qbank

   michele742 replied to pfisteaj's topic in NCLEX

   I passed my NCLEX...cut me off at 110 questions. I only used Saunders. I opted out of Kaplan too...too expensive for my blood

7. New to the operating room!

   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...

8. Need Some Encouragement

   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...

9. Hired as an OR nurse! a few questions for you...

   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...

10. Would I be a good candidate to start LNC?

    michele742 replied to michele742's topic in Legal

    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...

11. Would I be a good candidate to start LNC?

    michele742 replied to michele742's topic in Legal

    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...

12. Would I be a good candidate to start LNC?

    michele742 replied to michele742's topic in Legal

    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...

13. Would I be a good candidate to start LNC?

    michele742 posted a topic in Legal

    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...

14. Tele or MedSurg better for career to be in OR

    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...

15. Went to a Job Fair today :)

    michele742 posted a topic in Operating Room

    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...