ICU & OR debate...

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Between ICU and OR, which area of nursing is it easier/more difficult to get your foot in the door? (Area of interest is not a factor in consideration of this question.)

Many OR's seem to have contracts requiring years of service for training. However, many ICU's, in this area, won't interview a potential applicant unless they have X years of experience.

Any insight is appreciated.

Just to clarify, this is what I have "heard" from surgeons who work at this hospital. Who knows if their sources are reliable but what they describe makes sense to me. Hospitals will try to cut back on costs wherever they can. Why hire a RN to do a job an OR tech can do? Why have a team of RNs assisting the surgeon when 1 circulator is enough (according to them).

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I also hear that they are phasing out OR nurses ... the jobs are being replaced by scrub techs. The only position for nurses will be as a circulator and openings for those positions are rare.

I think she may just be refering to scrub nurses which could be entirely possible with scrub techs, however I don't think there are enough scrub techs to go around

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