I graduated from nursing school in 2010 and worked in the OR for about 18 months, only in Neurosurgery. I left nursing in 2012 and worked in administration. I was just hired at a surgery center as an OR circulator. I was very upfront about my experience and how long I had been out of the clinical setting. They assured me I would have as much training as I needed. They do Urology, General, Ortho, GYN cases. I've only worked about 8 days, all incredibly hectic, with the only other OR nurse there (all the others are out due to COVID). The person "training" me just rushes through everything and I feel like I'm absorbing about 10% of the info. I feel like I'm being so rushed and thrown into things. Last week and today the person training me just said she was leaving when cases were still going on so I had to finish on my own. I don't know any of the cases, prep, position, charting system, nothing. Is this just the way it is in Surgery Centers? My training in 2010 was formal Peri-Op 101 in a major hospital and lasted 10 months. Not sure if I should just suck it up because this is normal or bail. Any advice from OR nurses in busy surgery centers like this?
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I graduated from nursing school in 2010 and worked in the OR for about 18 months, only in Neurosurgery. I left nursing in 2012 and worked in administration. I was just hired at a surgery center as an OR circulator. I was very upfront about my experience and how long I had been out of the clinical setting. They assured me I would have as much training as I needed. They do Urology, General, Ortho, GYN cases. I've only worked about 8 days, all incredibly hectic, with the only other OR nurse there (all the others are out due to COVID). The person "training" me just rushes through everything and I feel like I'm absorbing about 10% of the info. I feel like I'm being so rushed and thrown into things. Last week and today the person training me just said she was leaving when cases were still going on so I had to finish on my own. I don't know any of the cases, prep, position, charting system, nothing. Is this just the way it is in Surgery Centers? My training in 2010 was formal Peri-Op 101 in a major hospital and lasted 10 months. Not sure if I should just suck it up because this is normal or bail. Any advice from OR nurses in busy surgery centers like this?