RPNs in Operating Room?

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Hi Everyone,

I am going to be starting Pre-Health then onto RPN this Sept.

My question is, what if any are the roles of RPN in the OR? If there are none would you recommend going onto RN?

Also I have heard of some sort of RPN post-grad OR certificate, anyone know what this is?

Thanks!

(sorry i haven't PM'd you back, the site won't let me until i've been active on here for a bit/posted XX number of comments lol)

I'm not too sure about RPNs being in the OR either but it's been something I've also been interested as an option in the future once i'm done the RPN program at Centennial.

I know that Centennial has an OR program available and I would assume other colleges would as well. You'll be at GB, correct?

(the GB link is for an RN OR program i think... I don't know if an RPN could take it as well but I'm sure you could contact the school and ask what your options are or perhaps transfer to a school that offers an OR course that an RPN could take)

I did a few weeks in the OR as a student, the scrub nurses were RPNs and they said only RNs could circulate. At the time the seemed to supervise to me. They walked between rooms, charted, made sure everything and everybody was okay.

Hey Daisy! Clean out your PM box!

Thx.

Sorry! You should she my email!

Just wondering if large hospital still hire RPN's for OR position in Toronto? So far, I have seen positions for RN's.

I know RPN work with the surgeon giving out an instrument and so... RN mostly make sure the surgery goes well and so. Depending on the hospital, it minds only be RN in an operative room or RPN has well. For the first 24 hours, it can be critical so mostly RN would take over in those hours and after depending on the patient's case, RPN would take over.

@Toaster, the main reason more RN OR jobs are posted is because Ontario has 600 RPNs and over 4,000 RNs working in perioperative jobs.

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