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Difference b/t OR Med/Surg RN

Hello All,

My facility needs an OR nurse, immediately? I've been given the task to find him/her.

How do you find an OR RN and is it the same as an Med/Surg RN? Just want to know your thoughts.

Alisha

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    Oh no. Two totally different beasts. Well...not beasts. Nurses.

    OR nurses are highly trained because the specialty of the intraoperative setting. It takes a year to train a nurse with no experience in the OR.

    Med/surg nurses work on the floor, which is also specialized. Med/surg nurses must know just about everything in the book in order to care for a myriad of pts with complex issues. It is difficult work, and backbreaking to boot.

    If you are in need of hiring an OR nurse immediately, you must look for applicants that have worked in the OR.

    I hope this helps you to some degree regarding the difference between OR nurses and Med/Surg nurses.

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    trying to delete my post and don't know how to!!

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    Alisha, rell me more about your facility... how big. level, trauma where thanks

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    Trauma I facility - Chicago. Not sure the number of beds but it's not a small hospital....not too far from downtown

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    Thanks... not really wanting to do trauma anymore but maybe going to a facility in Nashville....

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