Is spine a good specialty to focus on?

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Hello all!

I am a new graduate nurse working in the OR for seven months now. I work in a private hospital (I'm in a country with 'universal' healthcare) with seven OR's, we cover most specialties except maxfax and cosmetic surgery (we do breast cancer and reconstructive).

Currently I work across ENT, Gynae, General, Urology, Breast, minor vascular procedures, Neuro-spine/ortho-spine.

I have a particular interest in spine and it is my strongest area. I currently scrub, circulate and work as a surgical assistant. I can confidently work for any procedure. I order our equipment and implants for our lists.

Anyway, thinking of the future. Is this a good speciality to focus on along with the other areas I work in? Are nurses who know spine sought after in general? I know the context of my country versus USA is somewhat different, but shares alot of similarities from what I have read on here.

Thanks for your responses everyone!

Specializes in Surgical, quality,management.

Hi Chris, if you wanted to move to the public sector where you would have to do on call for trauma it is worth still knowing your general set.....note not a peri op nurse but friends with the peri op services manager at my hospital

I still do general as a part of my week to week, but am looking to re-assure that my focus on spine is not wasted. Thanks for your' response!

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