My coworker and I were talking about student nursing life one time at work, and she mentioned to me that in America nursing students are not rotated to the Operating Room and that she graduated cum laude without actually stepping in one. She said they were just allowed to watch through the glass. When I was floated to the OR to be oriented, the circulating nurse told me that most RNs working with me has never stepped foot in an OR. Is this really the case or is it just me and the region I work at?