Bay Area circulating

Published

I'm currently a CVOR circulator. I'm thinking about moving to Northern California. Do Bay Area hospitals make you scrub- specifically Stanford, kaiser, UCSF? To be honest, I have no interest in scrubbing. If it's a requirement for these facilities, I'm open to learning- but is this a role I will be forced into all the time?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

I work in one of those hospitals you mentioned. If I remember right, because this was years ago, I was moonlighting with the Cardiac Surgery service and there are dedicated Cardiac Surgery first assist RNs and there are dedicated circulators. They don't seem to cross over for both roles.

1
Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU, Trauma, CCT,Emergency, Flight, OR Nursing.

Im at Stanford and in my service line , you have to be willing to be trained to scrub and be assigned as a scrub nurse on shifts . There are some nurses who were grandfathered in , but for the last 5-6yrs its become a requirement . I don't think that is the case at Kaiser and am not sure about UCSF.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion