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  1. OR Pet peeves

    She needs to be fired.
  2. New Grad RN starting in OR, any advice?

    Get some thick skin and good luck.
  3. OR Pet peeves

    1) Smart mouth PA's who talk too much during the case; "please keep the chit chat to a min while the surgeon is working". 2) Lazy ST's; "Im not running for you anymore-either open the must have supplies on the back table and keep the might needs here...
  4. Who Has Quit and if You Did What Do You Do Now?

    I spewed a lot of sharp negativity with the original and follow up posts. The truth is I am burned out of OR nursing. I am not condemning nursing at all. It is a great profession with more opportunities than most other fields. I think if you are luck...
  5. Dealing with Circulators as a New Student.

    Get out of the OR.
  6. Who Has Quit and if You Did What Do You Do Now?

    Still looking. I have a BSN; big whoop. If you don have one you won't get hired by a big hospital where the decent money is. Everything is about accreditation these days from JCAHO or the ambulatory agency. You get a higher score with BSN's. So hospi...
  7. a change?

    Good luck.
  8. Who Has Quit and if You Did What Do You Do Now?

    Net glow you hit the ail on the head. I guess my post was a little rough. What a f'd up environment though. If the public knew what went on in a OR thy would be mortified. I should write a book. I'm 40 so a complete career change is in the works. I a...
  9. After 15 years I have decided to quit the profession of nursing. I have been a OR nurse for a big hospital and a smaller clinic. I thought about going back to school but the idea of continuing in nursing frankly makes me ill. I have made some friends...
  10. Old Dog

    Hello Everyone, I am an Operating Room RN with a little over 15 years of experience. I left the OR full time to pursue another career but have managed to work per diem for the last 5 years. My "other career" has fallen apart so I have decided it...