ORTRAV

ORTRAV

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ORTRAV has 20 years experience.


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  1. still feel brand new

    You do still have sooo much to learn. On average I have found that it takes about 5 years in the OR before you are truly comfortable. It has a lot to do with the size of your OR and the acuity of cases. If you are in a large institution with teams yo...
  2. Operating room nurse-greatest skill set

    You will not learn anything about the OR in nursing school. You will be lucky if your school alows you to spend 1 week in the OR. After school you may be able to intern in an OR. Some hospitals now offer a Periop 101 class for new to the OR personell...
  3. Stepping stones to becoming an OR nurse...

    I was a surgical technologist for 15 years before crrossing over to the dark side.
  4. I have seen this happen a few times. Once a methylmethracrolate flap was fashioned. The other times we just soaked the flap in betadine prior to putting it back on.